PYSEC-2021-68

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    PYSEC-2021-68

    Published: 16 Feb 2021Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in NFStream 5.2.0. Because some allocated modules are not correctly freed, if the nfstream object is directly destroyed without being used after it is created, it will cause a memory leak that may result in a local denial of service (DoS).

    References: https://github.com/ntop/nDPI/issues/994, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-whmq-cfm5-j8mj

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nfstream

    Purl: pkg:pypi/nfstream

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -6.0.0

    Affected versions

    0.1.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High
    PYSEC-2021-68 | CVE-DB