SB2020031843 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extras update for python-flask
Published: March 18, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031843
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000656)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing JSON data in incorrect encoding. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted JSON string and consume all available memory resources.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.