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CVE-2019-1010142: Infinite Loop in scapy

July 22, 2019 (updated October 22, 2024)

scapy is affected by a Denial of Service vulnerability resulting in an infinite loop and resource consumption rendering the program unresponsive. The component is: _RADIUSAttrPacketListField.getfield(self..). The attack vector is over the network or in a pcap. both work.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpf2-q34c-fc6j
  • github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/scapy/PYSEC-2019-120.yaml
  • github.com/secdev/scapy
  • github.com/secdev/scapy/pull/1409
  • github.com/secdev/scapy/pull/1409/files
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/42NRPMC3NS2QVFNIXYP6WV2T3LMLLY7E
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T46XW4S5BCA3VV3JT3C5Q6LBEXSIACLN
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1010142
  • www.imperva.com/blog/scapy-sploit-python-network-tool-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-dos-attack-cve-pending

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 2.4-rc1 before 2.4.1

Fixed versions

  • 2.4.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.4.1 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

pypi/scapy/CVE-2019-1010142.yml

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