Bug 2262843 (CVE-2024-24762) - CVE-2024-24762 python-fastapi: regular expression denial of service vulnerability
Summary: CVE-2024-24762 python-fastapi: regular expression denial of service vulnerabi...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-24762
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2262844
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Reported: 2024-02-05 17:52 UTC by Robb Gatica
Modified: 2024-02-05 17:52 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: fastapi 0.109.0
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A flaw was discovered in the FastAPI framework. When using form data, `python-multipart` uses a Regular Expression to parse the HTTP `Content-Type` header, including options. An attacker could send a custom-made `Content-Type` option that is very difficult for the regex to process. This can cause the main event loop to stall indefinitely, which can lead to a denial of service.
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Description Robb Gatica 2024-02-05 17:52:03 UTC 
FastAPI is a web framework for building APIs with Python 3.8+ based on standard Python type hints. When using form data, `python-multipart` uses a Regular Expression to parse the HTTP `Content-Type` header, including options. An attacker could send a custom-made `Content-Type` option that is very difficult for the RegEx to process, consuming CPU resources and stalling indefinitely (minutes or more) while holding the main event loop. This means that process can't handle any more requests. It's a ReDoS(Regular expression Denial of Service), it only applies to those reading form data, using `python-multipart`. This vulnerability has been patched in version 0.109.0.

https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/commit/9d34ad0ee8a0dfbbcce06f76c2d5d851085024fc
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/releases/tag/0.109.1
https://github.com/tiangolo/fastapi/security/advisories/GHSA-qf9m-vfgh-m389
Comment 1 Robb Gatica 2024-02-05 17:52:16 UTC 
Created python-fastapi tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2262844]
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