CVE-2020-15101

Advisory

In freewvs before 0.1.1, a directory structure of more than 1000 nested directories can interrupt a freewvs scan due to Python's recursion limit and os.walk(). This can be problematic in a case where an administrator scans the dirs of potentially untrusted users.
https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx
https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143

Affected package

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

In freewvs before 0.1.1, a directory structure of more than 1000 nested directories can interrupt a freewvs scan due to Python's recursion limit and os.walk(). This can be problematic in a case where an administrator scans the dirs of potentially untrusted users. This has been patched in 0.1.1.


CONFIRM:https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx
MISC:https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143

Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15101
• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx
• https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143