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rdiffweb allows unlimited length of root directory name, which could result in DoS

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 27, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 29, 2023

Package

pip rdiffweb (pip)

Affected versions

>= 0, < 2.4.8

Patched versions

2.4.8

Description

rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8 has no limit in length of root directory names. Allowing users to enter long strings may result in a DOS attack or memory corruption. Version 2.4.8 defines a field limit for username, email, and root directory.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 26, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 27, 2022
Reviewed Sep 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 29, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-3295

GHSA ID

GHSA-hrj7-f62f-j7x7

Source code

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