Vulnerability identifier: #VU65859

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1:

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-29651

CWE-ID:

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability:

Vulnerable software:
python-py
Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products

Vendor: pytest-dev

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. A remote attacker can preform compute-time denial of service attack by supplying malicious input to the blame functionality.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

python-py: 1.0.0 - 1.9.0

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Fixed software versions

CPE

• cpe:2.3:a:pytest-dev:python-py:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links
http://github.com/pytest-dev/py/pull/257/commits/4a9017dc6199d2a564b6e4b0aa39d6d8870e4144
http://github.com/pytest-dev/py/issues/256
http://github.com/pytest-dev/py/pull/257

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?