#VU87685 Resource exhaustion in CPython - CVE-2024-0450
Published: March 21, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU87685
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-0450
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
CPython
CPython
Software vendor:
Python.org
Python.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to the zipfile module does not properly control consumption of internal resources when extracting files from a zip archive. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive aka zip-bomb to the application, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858
- https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/