Asymmetric denial of service In aiohttp

Description

AIOHTTP's HTTP Parser auto_decompress feature is vulnerable to zip bomb

Summary

A zip bomb can be used to execute a DoS against the aiohttp server.

Impact

An attacker may be able to send a compressed request that when decompressed by aiohttp could exhaust the host's memory.


Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/2b920c39002cee0ec5b402581779bbaaf7c9138a

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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