PyPI: mistral
CVE-2018-16848
Safety vulnerability ID: SFTY-20200615-07367
Safety legacy ID: pyup.io-38424
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service. See: CVE-2018-16848.
Overview
OpenStack Mistral DoS
Advisory
A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service. See: CVE-2018-16848.
How to Fix
Mitigation and Workarounds
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Vulnerable Functions
Functions linked to known vulnerabilities.
References
- https://getsafety.com/vulnerabilities/SFTY-20200615-07367/CVE-2018-16848
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16848
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/mistral/+bug/1785657
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1645332
- https://github.com/openstack/mistral/commit/eac23d9e774f658f9d4743c99aa2743eb104c3f9
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/mistral/PYSEC-2020-240.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-443j-6p7g-6v4w
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