What is GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54?

GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Incorrect Comparison in cvxopt

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54 cover?

GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2021-41500. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54?

GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54?

GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54 affects 1 product, including: pip/cvxopt:\u003c 1.2.7.

GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54HighCVSS 7.5

Incorrect Comparison in cvxopt

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 7, 2022

Last Modified

September 13, 2024

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2021-41500 →

📋 Description

Incomplete string comparison vulnerability exits in cvxopt.org cvxop <= 1.2.6 in APIs (cvxopt.cholmod.diag, cvxopt.cholmod.getfactor, cvxopt.cholmod.solve, cvxopt.cholmod.spsolve), which allows attackers to conduct Denial of Service attacks by construct fake Capsule objects.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/cvxopt:< 1.2.7

🔗 References (6)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41500
https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt/issues/193
https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt/commit/d5a21cf1da62e4269176384b1ff62edac5579f94
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8rh6-h94m-vj54
https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cvxopt/PYSEC-2021-870.yaml
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CXTPM3DGVYTYQ54OFCMXZVWVOMR7JM2D