DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40839

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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-40839
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Upstream
Published
2021-09-10T02:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-19T06:19:29Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / python-rencode

Package

Name
python-rencode
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-rencode?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / python-rencode

Package

Name
python-rencode
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-rencode?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / python-rencode

Package

Name
python-rencode
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python-rencode?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}