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PYSEC-2021-856

Quick fix

PYSEC-2021-856 — numpy: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'numpy>=1.19.1'

Details

Null Pointer Dereference vulnerability exists in numpy.sort in NumPy &lt and 1.19 in the PyArray_DescrNew function due to missing return-value validation, which allows attackers to conduct DoS attacks by repetitively creating sort arrays.

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Affected packages

PyPI/numpy

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 1.19.1

Fixpip install --upgrade 'numpy>=1.19.1'

References

https://github.com/numpy/numpy/issues/19038[REPORT]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5545-2q6w-2gh6[ADVISORY]