CVE-2021-41500

2021-12-1700:00:00

ubuntu.com

cve-2021-41500

cvxopt.org

string comparison vulnerability

denial of service

fake capsule objects

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

44.4%

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchcvxopt< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchcvxopt< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchcvxopt< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchcvxopt< anyUNKNOWN