Mageia alert MGASA-2022-0167 (python-rencode)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2022-0167: Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability
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Thu, 12 May 2022 12:25:41 +0200
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Article
MGASA-2022-0167 - Updated python-rencode packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 12 May 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0167.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-40839

Description:
The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in
typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that
consumes CPU and memory. (CVE-2021-40839)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30051
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-ann...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-4...

SRPMS:
- 8/core/python-rencode-1.0.6-2.1.mga8