CVE-2019-9674 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2019-9674?

CVE-2019-9674 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Lib/zipfile.py in Python through 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a ZIP bomb.

Weakness: CWE-400

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9674?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Python Python.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9674?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2019-9674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9674 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-6826, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9674, GHSA-h33x-58qw-vqrp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9674.