GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2022-167

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published May 12, 2022

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory. (CVE-2021-40839)

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	python-rencode	0 (affected), 1.0.6-2.1.mga8 (unaffected)	—

Aliases

CVE-2021-40839

References

Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

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