Fedora 39 update for python-nikola



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2023-22467
CWE-ID CWE-185
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

python-nikola
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU72033

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-22467

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an incorrect regular expression when parsing untrusted input within the Luxon's DateTime.fromRFC2822() function. A remote attacker can causes a noticeable slowdown for inputs with lengths above 10k characters.

Note, this is the same vulnerability as #VU65835 (CVE-2022-31129) reported earlier for moment.js.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 39

python-nikola: before 8.3.0-1.fc39

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-262ad83644


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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