CVE-2020-15101
freewvs's nested directory structure can interrupt scan
2.8
LOW
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.17%
Description
In freewvs before 0.1.1, a directory structure of more than 1000 nested directories can interrupt a freewvs scan due to Python's recursion limit and os.walk(). This can be problematic in a case where an administrator scans the dirs of potentially untrusted users. This has been patched in 0.1.1.
How to fix CVE-2020-15101
To remediate CVE-2020-15101, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.1.1 or later
- —upgrade to 83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143 or later
Is CVE-2020-15101 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 0.1.1
- from 0, < 83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143 | from 0, < 0.1.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | LOW2.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |