Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| SecDev | scapy | 2.4.0 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | scapy | 2.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | scapy | 2.4.2-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | scapy | 2.4.2-1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | scapy | >= 2.4-rc1, < 2.4.1 | 2.4.1 | GHSA-mpf2-q34c-fc6j |
| PyPI | scapy | < 2.4.1 | 2.4.1 | PYSEC-2019-120 |
References
- https://github.com/secdev/scapy/pull/1409/files#diff-441eff981e466959968111fc6314fe93L1058
- https://www.imperva.com/blog/scapy-sploit-python-network-tool-is-vulnerable-to-denial-of-service-dos-attack-cve-pending/
- https://github.com/secdev/scapy/pull/1409
- 106674 vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2019-47946eb312 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-d49c8ec32b vendor-advisory