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HistoryMay 21, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

idna vulnerability

2024-05-2100:00:00
ubuntu.com
10
ubuntu
22.04 lts
20.04 lts
18.04 esm
16.04 esm
python idna2008
resource consumption
denial of service
unix

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0 Low

EPSS

Percentile

0.0%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 23.10
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • python-idna - Python IDNA2008 (RFC 5891) handling

Details

Guido Vranken discovered that idna did not properly manage certain inputs,
which could lead to significant resource consumption. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.