idna: Denial of Service — GLSA 202412-17

A vulnerability has been discovered in idna, which can lead to a denial of service.

Affected packages

dev-python/idna on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.7
Unaffected versions >= 3.7

Background

Internationalized Domain Names for Python (IDNA 2008 and UTS #46)

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in idna. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All idna users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/idna-3.7"
 

References

Release date
December 11, 2024

Latest revision
December 11, 2024: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local

Bugzilla entries