PSF-2023-10

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DoS when reading malformed Apple Property List files in binary format

view advisory published 2023-08-22Licence: per source

read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.

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Related CVEs.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2022-48564US	medium6.5	1.65% (76th)	—	2023-08-22
read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary fo…

references

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://bugs.python.org/issue42103REPORT
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/22882FIX
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48564ADVISORY

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