Bug 2421935

Summary: CVE-2025-67726 python-flit: Tornado Quadratic DoS via Crafted Multipart Parameters [fedora-42]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jon Moroney <jmoroney>
Component: python-flitAssignee: Maxwell G <maxwell>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 42CC: epel-packagers-sig, maxwell, michel, python-packagers-sig
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["6b7c1dfb-4271-490a-a1c2-5de19d141a60"]}
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Bug Blocks: 2173769, 2421733    

Description Jon Moroney 2025-12-12 22:18:37 UTC
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Comment 1 Maxwell G 2026-02-27 20:46:16 UTC
python-flit does not use tornado at all, and even if it did, tornado CVEs would need to be fixed in that package, not here.