Safety vulnerability ID: 39419
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Cairosvg 2.5.1 includes a fix for CVE-2021-21236: In CairoSVG before version 2.5.1, there is a regular expression denial of service (REDoS) vulnerability. When processing SVG files, the python package CairoSVG uses two regular expressions which are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS). If an attacker provides a malicious SVG, it can make cairosvg get stuck processing the file for a very long time.
Latest version: 2.7.1
A Simple SVG Converter based on Cairo
CairoSVG is a Python (pypi) package. CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo. In CairoSVG before version 2.5.1, there is a regular expression denial of service (REDoS) vulnerability. When processing SVG files, the python package CairoSVG uses two regular expressions which are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS). If an attacker provides a malicious SVG, it can make cairosvg get stuck processing the file for a very long time. This is fixed in version 2.5.1. See Referenced GitHub advisory for more information. See CVE-2021-21236.
CONFIRM:https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-hq37-853p-g5cf: https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-hq37-853p-g5cf
MISC:https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/cfc9175e590531d90384aa88845052de53d94bf3: https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/cfc9175e590531d90384aa88845052de53d94bf3
MISC:https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/releases/tag/2.5.1: https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/releases/tag/2.5.1
MISC:https://pypi.org/project/CairoSVG/: https://pypi.org/project/CairoSVG/
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