CVE-2018-1000518

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 Sending a specially crafted frame on an established connection. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 5.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

10 Feb 2022, 20:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory (MISC) https://github.com/aaugustin/websockets/pull/407 - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

09 Feb 2022, 14:49

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Websockets Project
Websockets Project websockets
CPE cpe:2.3:a:myks:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:websockets_project:websockets:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2018-06-26 16:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30


NVD link : CVE-2018-1000518

Mitre link : CVE-2018-1000518

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-1000518


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Products Affected

websockets_project

  • websockets
CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption