Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-40839

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding such as via ;\x2f\x7f, enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and...

Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2022-0167)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding such as via ;\x2f\x7f, enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory. CVE-2021-40839...

aiobtclientapi (>=1.0.0 <=1.1.4), aiobtclientrpc (>=3.0.0 <=5.0.2) +5 more potentially affected by CVE-2021-40839 via rencode (=1.0.8)

rencode PYPI version =1.0.8 is affected by a known vulnerability. The following packages have a transitive dependency on rencode and may be impacted: - aiobtclientapi =1.0.0, =3.0.0, =2.0.0, =0.1.0, =2022.11.20, =2026.6.7 Source cves: CVE-2021-40839 Source advisory: OSV:PYSEC-2021-345...

CVE-2021-40839

CVE-2021-40839 affects the rencode package for Python up to 1.0.6, where an infinite loop in typecode decoding (e.g., via ;\x2f\x7f) enables a remote CPU/memory‑consuming attack. The vulnerability is documented across multiple advisories and vendor notes; several distributions issued patches (e.g...

CVE-2021-40839

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding such as via ;\x2f\x7f, enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory...