Debian update for python-tornado



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2025-47287
CWE-ID CWE-770
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Debian Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

python-tornado (Debian package)
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Debian

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

EUVDB-ID: #VU109846

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-47287

CWE-ID: CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to excessive logging in the multipart/form-data parser. A remote attacker can force the application to generate an extremely high volume of logs and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update python-tornado package to version 6.2.0-3+deb12u2.

Vulnerable software versions

Debian Linux: All versions

python-tornado (Debian package): before 6.2.0-3+deb12u2

CPE2.3 External links

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2025/msg00102.html


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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