CVE-2021-41500 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

https://github.com/cvxopt/cvxopt/issues/193 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CXTPM3DGVYTYQ54OFCMXZVWVOMR7JM2D/

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5