Vulnerability in eventlet (CVE-2021-21419)
Summary
Vulnerability in eventlet (CVE-2021-21419). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.31.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Impact
A websocket peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending very large websocket frames. Malicious peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending highly compressed data frame.
Patches
Version 0.31.0 restricts websocket frame to reasonable limits.
Workarounds
Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion. No workaround to protect Eventlet process.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Open an issue in eventlet
- Contact current maintainers. At 2021-03: temotor@gmail.com or https://t.me/temotor
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD GitHub Advisory OSV
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2021-21419 has been found in eventlet.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade eventlet to 0.31.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "eventlet CVE-2021-21419" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2021-21419 (eventlet) — CWE-400
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 0.31.0 — apply immediately
Workaround: Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-400) exists in eventlet.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of eventlet.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 0.31.0.
Workaround: Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'eventlet' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'eventlet' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
eventletを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply temporary workaround mitigate
Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion.パッチが適用されるまでの応急処置として、Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion. を実施。回避策の副作用 (機能低下) を確認した上で。
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3Apply patch patch
Upgrade eventlet to 0.31.0ステージング環境で 0.31.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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4Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
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- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org