SB2021121724 - Denial of service in Numpy
Published: December 17, 2021 Updated: March 24, 2022
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021121724
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33430)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the PyArray_NewFromDescr_int() function of ctors.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.