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Improper resource allocation In llama-index

Description

LlamaIndex Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability A vulnerability in the KnowledgeBaseWebReader class of the run-llama/llama_index repository, version latest, allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by controlling a URL variable to contain the root URL. This leads to infinite recursive calls to the get_article_urls method, exhausting system resources and potentially crashing the application.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

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