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PYSEC-2019-179

Quick fix

PYSEC-2019-179 — flask: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'flask>=1.0'

Details

The Pallets Project Flask before 1.0 is affected by: unexpected memory usage. The impact is: denial of service. The attack vector is: crafted encoded JSON data. The fixed version is: 1. NOTE: this may overlap CVE-2018-1000656.

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Affected packages

PyPI/flask

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.0

Fixpip install --upgrade 'flask>=1.0'

References

https://www.palletsprojects.com/blog/flask-1-0-released/[ARTICLE]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5wv5-4vpf-pj6m[ADVISORY]