#VU56244 Resource exhaustion in eventlet - CVE-2021-21419
Published: September 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU56244
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-21419
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
eventlet
eventlet
Software vendor:
eventlet.net
eventlet.net
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when handling large websocket frames. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by sending highly compressed data frame and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/security/advisories/GHSA-9p9m-jm8w-94p2
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5JZP4LZOSP7CUAM3GIRW6PIAWKH5VGB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2WJFSBPLCNSZNHYQC4QDRDFRTEZRMD2L/