CVE-2021-41500

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-41500
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-17T21:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-01T15:22:16
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-697 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/697.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:cvxopt_project:cvxopt:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* 1 OR 1.2.6
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt/issues/193 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CXTPM3DGVYTYQ54OFCMXZVWVOMR7JM2D/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41500
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-41500
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-04-04 00:39:08 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 04:20:19 2021-12-17T21:15Z 2021-12-17T21:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 04:20:19 2022-04-01T15:22:16 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 04:20:19 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated