PYSEC-2021-870

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    PYSEC-2021-870

    Published: 17 Dec 2021Last Modified: 8 Nov 2023

    Summary:

    Details: Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.

    References: https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt/issues/193, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CXTPM3DGVYTYQ54OFCMXZVWVOMR7JM2D/, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cvxopt

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cvxopt

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.2.7

    Affected versions

    1.1.6
    1.1.7
    1.1.8
    1.1.9

    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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