CVE-2024-49769

python3-waitress: Waitress is a Web Server Gateway Interface server for Python 2 and 3

CVE-2024-49769 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by python3-waitress 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.2, released October 29, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0138
72nd percentile

Waitress is a Web Server Gateway Interface server for Python 2 and 3. Whena remote client closes the connection before waitress has had theopportunity to call getpeername() waitress won't correctly clean up theconnection leading to the main thread attempting to write to a socket thatno longer exists, but not removing it from the list of sockets to attemptto process. This leads to a busy-loop calling the write function. A remoteattacker could run waitress out of available sockets with very littleresources required. Waitress 3.0.1 contains fixes that remove the racecondition.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
python-waitress · sles 15.6 1.4.3-150000.3.9.1 SUSE-SU-2024:4107-1 Nov 28, 2024
python-waitress-doc · sles 15.6 2.1.2-150400.12.7.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3876-1 Nov 1, 2024
python3-waitress · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.2 python3-waitress 1.4.1-1ubuntu0.2 Oct 29, 2024
python3-waitress · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.4.4-1.1ubuntu1.1 python3-waitress 1.4.4-1.1ubuntu1.1 Oct 29, 2024
python3-waitress · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 2.1.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 python3-waitress 2.1.2-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 Oct 29, 2024
python3-waitress · Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular) 3.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 python3-waitress 3.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Jan 16, 2026
python3-waitress · amzn 2023 2.1.2-1.amzn2023.0.3 ALAS2023-2024-773 Dec 5, 2024
waitress · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) 1.4.4-1.1+deb11u2 DLA-3955-1 Nov 16, 2024
waitress · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2.1.2-2+deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49769 Oct 29, 2024
waitress · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.0.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49769 Oct 29, 2024
waitress · Debian 14 3.0.1-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49769 Oct 29, 2024

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