Asymmetric denial of service In aiohttp

Description

AIOHTTP Affected by Denial of Service (DoS) via Unbounded DNS Cache in TCPConnector

Summary

An unbounded DNS cache could result in excessive memory usage possibly resulting in a DoS situation.

Impact

If an application makes requests to a very large number of hosts, this could cause the DNS cache to continue growing and slowly use excessive amounts of memory.


Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/c4d77c3533122be353b8afca8e8675e3b4cbda98

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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