Aim allows denial of service due to no timeouts for some tracking server endpoints
In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial of service, as the tracking server does not respond to other requests while waiting. The issue arises in the client used by the `aim` tracking server to communicate with external resources, specifically in the `_run_read_instructions` method and similar calls without timeouts.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-8061US | — | — | ||
In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This ca… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6w7p-xrvp-p7xvADVISORY
- https://github.com/aimhubio/aimPACKAGE
- https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/blob/a6c6f2fee0f1abe37c1d66701b0329fb6af31a3d/aim/ext/transport/client.py#L258WEB
- https://huntr.com/bounties/c85d005c-b354-4c51-a88f-adda2f09622bWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8061ADVISORY
- https://pypi.org/project/aimPACKAGE
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