CVE-2022-40899
high
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.0
Description
An issue discovered in Python Charmers Future 0.18.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted Set-Cookie header from malicious web server.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | future | <0.18.3 | 0.18.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40899
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/pull/610
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17157
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/commit/c91d70b34ef0402aef3e9d04364ba98509dca76f
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/blob/master/src/future/backports/http/cookiejar.py#L215
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/future/PYSEC-2022-42991.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/future
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:6818
- https://pypi.org/project/future/
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-40899.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40899
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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