[Buildroot] [PATCH] package/python3: add upstream security fix for CVE-2022-45061

Peter Korsgaard peter at korsgaard.com
Sat Nov 26 18:42:39 UTC 2022


>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com> writes:

>>>>> "Peter" == Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com> writes:
 >> Fixes the following security issue:
 >> CVE-2022-45061: An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1.  An
 >> unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some
 >> inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably
 >> long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of
 >> service.  Hostnames are often supplied by remote servers that could be
 >> controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger
 >> excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an
 >> attacker-supplied supposed hostname.  For example, the attack payload could
 >> be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status code 302.

 >> Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com>

 > Committed, thanks.

Committed to 2022.08.x and 2022.02.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard



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