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Bug 931097 (CVE-2024-30251)

Summary: <dev-python/aiohttp-3.9.4: DoS when trying to parse malformed POST requests
Product: Gentoo Security Reporter: Christopher Fore <csfore>
Component: VulnerabilitiesAssignee: Gentoo Security <security>
Status: CONFIRMED ---    
Severity: minor CC: python, zmedico
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
URL: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/security/advisories/GHSA-5m98-qgg9-wh84
Whiteboard: B3 [glsa?]
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Bug Depends on: 930748, 931181    
Bug Blocks:    

Description Christopher Fore 2024-05-02 14:43:01 UTC
CVE-2024-30251:

An attacker can send a specially crafted POST (multipart/form-data) request. When the aiohttp server processes it, the server will enter an infinite loop and be unable to process any further requests.