CVE-2022-42969 (High) detected in py-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

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CVE-2022-42969 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - py-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

library with cross-python path, ini-parsing, io, code, log facilities

Library home page: https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f6/f0/10642828a8dfb741e5f3fbaac830550a518a775c7fff6f04a007259b0548/py-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl

Path to dependency file: /dataGeneration/requirements.txt

Path to vulnerable library: /dataGeneration/requirements.txt,/dataGeneration/requirements.txt

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ py-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 27942cb37a73cd5f48764f14a72670bdda1c30a3

Found in base branch: main

Vulnerability Details

The py library through 1.11.0 for Python allows remote attackers to conduct a ReDoS (Regular expression Denial of Service) attack via a Subversion repository with crafted info data, because the InfoSvnCommand argument is mishandled.

Publish Date: Oct 16, 2022 6:15:00 AM

URL: CVE-2022-42969

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: None
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

[amitgalitz]

This CVE is coming from upstream opensearch-py (opensearch-project/opensearch-py#220) where the upstream CVE is in https://github.com/pytest-dev/py. Will keep track on progress in upstream repo and opensearch-py

[amitgalitz]

This CVE is a misclassification based on comments from maintainers and developers in pytest-dev/py#287. Based on the comment here opensearch-project/opensearch-py#220 (comment) in opensearch-py an issue was filed to de-classify this is a CVE. Closing this issue as was done in opensearch-py.