GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-5v95-j4rr-6f3c rdiffweb's unlimited username field length can lead to DoS

HIGH Published 2022-09-27 Modified 2026-05-29 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-3290
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
rdiffweb
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-130
Reviewed
2022-09-30

Affected packages

• PyPI rdiffweb: < 2.4.8 → fixed in 2.4.8

Description

rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8 is vulnerable to a potential Dos attack via an unlimited length "username" field. This can result in excess memory consumption, or memory corruption, leading to a Denial of Service (DoS). This issue is patched in version 2.4.8. There are no known workarounds.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-3290 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.4.8. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-130 Improper Handling of Length Parameter Inconsistency weakness

References