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Debian: CVE-2018-1000656: flask -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-1000656: flask -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/20/2018
Created
08/22/2019
Added
08/21/2019
Modified
02/18/2020

Description

The Pallets Project flask version Before 0.12.3 contains a CWE-20: Improper Input Validation vulnerability in flask that can result in Large amount of memory usage possibly leading to denial of service. This attack appear to be exploitable via Attacker provides JSON data in incorrect encoding. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.12.3. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2019-1010083.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-flask

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