PYSEC-2021-856

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    PYSEC-2021-856

    Published: 17 Dec 2021Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy &lt and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays.

    References: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: numpy

    Purl: pkg:pypi/numpy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.19.1

    Affected versions

    0.9.6
    0.9.8

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