PYSEC-2018-79

aaugustin websockets version 4 contains a CWE-409: Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data Data Amplification vulnerability in Servers and clients, unless configured with compression=None that can result in Denial of Service by memory exhaustion. This attack appear to be exploitable via Sendi...

CVE-2018-1000518

CVE-2018-1000518 concerns a vulnerability in the Python websockets library (aaugustin websockets) where version 4 allows a Denial of Service via memory exhaustion. The issue arises from improper handling of highly compressed data (Data Amplification, CWE-409) when compression is enabled (i.e., no...