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CVE-2021-41500

Published: 17 December 2021

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
cvxopt
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

focal Needs triage

impish Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.2.7+dfsg-2)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.2.7+dfsg-2)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.2.7+dfsg-2)
trusty Needs triage

upstream
Released (1.2.7+dfsg-1)
xenial Needs triage

hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.2.7+dfsg-2)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H