GHSA-5xc6-fpc7-4qvg

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    GHSA-5xc6-fpc7-4qvg

    Published: 8 Apr 2019Last Modified: 13 Sept 2024

    Summary: CoAPthon DoS due to Exceptions

    Details: The `Serialize.deserialize()` method in CoAPthon 3.1, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, and 4.0.2 mishandles certain exceptions, leading to a denial of service in applications that use this library (e.g., the standard CoAP server, CoAP client, CoAP reverse proxy, example collect CoAP server and client) when they receive crafted CoAP messages.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12680, https://github.com/Tanganelli/CoAPthon/issues/135, https://github.com/Tanganelli/CoAPthon, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5xc6-fpc7-4qvg, https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/coapthon/PYSEC-2019-165.yaml

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: coapthon

    Purl: pkg:pypi/coapthon

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.0.0
    4.0.1
    4.0.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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