GHSA-5v95-j4rr-6f3c

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    GHSA-5v95-j4rr-6f3c

    Published: 27 Sept 2022Last Modified: 9 Jul 2026

    Summary: rdiffweb's unlimited username field length can lead to DoS

    Details: 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.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3290, https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/667657c6fe2b336c90be37f37fb92f65df4feee3, https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rdiffweb/PYSEC-2022-292.yaml, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/rdiffweb/PYSEC-2022-43184.yaml, https://huntr.dev/bounties/d8b8519d-96a5-484c-8141-624c54290bf5

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: rdiffweb

    Purl: pkg:pypi/rdiffweb

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.8

    Affected versions

    0.10.0
    0.10.2
    0.10.3
    0.10.4
    0.10.5
    0.10.6
    0.10.7
    0.10.8
    0.10.9

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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