Sydent vulnerable to denial of service attack via memory exhaustion
Impact
Sydent does not limit the size of requests it receives from HTTP clients. A malicious user could send an HTTP request with a very large body, leading to disk space exhaustion and denial of service.
Sydent also does not limit response size for requests it makes to remote Matrix homeservers. A malicious homeserver could return a very large response, again leading to memory exhaustion and denial of service.
This affects any server which accepts registration requests from untrusted clients.
Patches
Patched by 89071a1, 0523511, f56eee3.
Workarounds
Request sizes can be limited in an HTTP reverse-proxy.
There are no known workarounds for the problem with overlarge responses.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at security@matrix.org.
Software afectado
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| Plataforma | Paquete | Versiones vulnerables | Corregida en |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | matrix-sydent | < 2.3.0 | 2.3.0 |
Referencias
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/0523511d2fb40f2738f8a8549868f44b96e5dab7
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/89071a1a754c69a50deac89e6bb74002d4cda19d
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/commit/f56eee315b6c44fdd9f6aa785cc2ec744a594428
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/security/advisories/GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9
- https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent/
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent/releases/tag/v2.3.0
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29430
- https://github.com/matrix-org/sydent
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/matrix-sydent/PYSEC-2021-21.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/matrix-sydent
- Vector CVSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Debilidad (CWE)
CWE-20, CWE-400, CWE-770- Plataforma
- Python (PyPI)
- Paquete
matrix-sydent- Publicada
- 15.04.2021
- Actualizado
- 11.10.2026 15:17
Fuentes y licencias
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2021-21 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-wmg4-8cp2-hpg9 - CC BY 4.0
Historial de vulnerabilidades: matrix-sydent
Todas las vulnerabilidades publicadas de este paquete (Python (PyPI)), de la más reciente a la más antigua. Muestra si es un fallo aislado o un paquete que hay que vigilar.
- Entradas en total
- 7
- Primera → última
- 05.2019 07.2023
- Sin corrección
- 0
- Explotada en ataques
- 0
Distribución por gravedad
- Crítica 1
- Alta 2
- Media 4
Divulgaciones por año
- 2019: 1
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 4
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 1
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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