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CVE-2021-40839

CVE-2021-40839

EPSS 5.4%
The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.
Affected products
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References
https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BMVQRPDVSVZNGGX57CFKCYT3DEYO4QB6/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MCLETLGVM5DBX6QNHQFW6TWGO5T3DENY/https://pypi.org/project/rencode/#historyhttps://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0001/