PYSEC-2019-50 - scapy 2.4.0 is affected by: Denial of Service. The impact is: infinite loop, resource consumption and…

Severity: info · Published 2019-07-19

scapy 2.4.0 is affected by: Denial of Service. The impact is: infinite loop, resource consumption and program unresponsive. The component is: _RADIUSAttrPacketListField.getfield(self..). The attack vector is: over the network or in a pcap. both work.

Technologies: scapy (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is This vulnerability exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of This vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
How severe is This vulnerability?
Informational severity, published 19 July 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
scapy (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.4.1.
Is there a fix for This vulnerability?
Yes. scapy (PyPI): upgrade to 2.4.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected?
Check whether you run scapy (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • scapy (PyPI): upgrade to 2.4.1 or later
    pip install "scapy>=2.4.1"

Affected products

  • scapy (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2.4.1

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