vulnerability

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-3651: idna: Denial of Service

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 7, 2024
Added
Dec 12, 2024
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

A vulnerability was identified in the kjd/idna library, specifically within the `idna.encode()` function, affecting version 3.6. The issue arises from the function's handling of crafted input strings, which can lead to quadratic complexity and consequently, a denial of service condition. This vulnerability is triggered by a crafted input that causes the `idna.encode()` function to process the input with considerable computational load, significantly increasing the processing time in a quadratic manner relative to the input size.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-idna
Title
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