CVE-2020-5236

Waitress version 1.4.2 allows a DOS attack When waitress receives a header that contains invalid characters. When a header like "Bad-header: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\x10" is received, it will cause the regular expression engine to catastrophically backtrack causing the process to use 100% CPU time and blocking any other interactions. This allows an attacker to send a single request with an invalid header and take the service offline. This issue was introduced in version 1.4.2 when the regular expression was updated to attempt to match the behaviour required by errata associated with RFC7230. The regular expression that is used to validate incoming headers has been updated in version 1.4.3, it is recommended that people upgrade to the new version of Waitress as soon as possible.
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Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:agendaless:waitress:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-02-03 19:15

Updated : 2020-02-06 10:46


NVD link : CVE-2020-5236

Mitre link : CVE-2020-5236


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CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

agendaless

  • waitress