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Improper resource allocation In python3

Description

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module.

When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem
Component
Affected version
Patched versions

1-10 of 27

10

Aliases

1. CVE-2024-75922. NVD-2024-75923. OSV-DEBIAN-2024-75924. OSV-2024-75925. OSV-ALPINE-2024-75926. GCVE-2024-75927. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2024-75928. SECURITY-CVE-2024-75929. lists.debian.org10. https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/7xxx/CVE-2024-7592.json11. mail.python.org12. security.netapp.com

References

1. https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/1230672. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/391e5626e3ee5af267b97e37abc7475732e676213. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/44e458357fca05ca0ae2658d62c8c595b048b5ef4. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a77ab24427a18bff817025adb03ca920dc3f1a065. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2f11ca7667e4d57c71c1c88b255115f16042d9a6. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d4ac921a4b081f7f996a5d2b101684b67ba0ed7f7. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d662e2db2605515a767f88ad48096b8ac623c7748. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc3eaef98cd94d6cb6cb0f44bd1c903d04f33b19. https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123075

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