CVE-2021-40839 log

Source
Severity Low
Remote Yes
Type Denial of service
Description
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.
Group Package Affected Fixed Severity Status Ticket
AVG-2372 python-rencode 1.0.6-7 Low Vulnerable
References
https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/16
https://github.com/aresch/rencode/pull/29
https://github.com/aresch/rencode/commit/572ff74586d9b1daab904c6f7f7009ce0143bb75