VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-18361
In Pylons Colander through 1.6, the URL validator allows an attacker to potentially cause an infinite loop thereby causing a denial of service via an unclosed parenthesis.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.78%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.78%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In Pylons Colander through 1.6, the URL validator allows an attacker to potentially cause an infinite loop thereby causing a denial of service via an unclosed parenthesis.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.78% probability · 77th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- pylonsproject/colander
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/Pylons/colander/issues/290Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Pylons/colander/pull/323Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Pylons/colander/issues/290Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Pylons/colander/pull/323Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.