In freewvs before 0.1.1, a directory structure of more than 1000 nested directories can interrupt a freewvs scan due to Python’s recursion limit and os.walk(). This can be problematic in a case where an administrator scans the dirs of potentially untrusted users. This has been patched in 0.1.1.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15101
Reference (s):
- https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx
- URL: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/security/advisories/GHSA-7pmh-vrww-25xx
- https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143
- URL: https://github.com/schokokeksorg/freewvs/commit/83a6b55c0435c69f447488b791555e6078803143