module: github.com/tendermint/tendermint
package: github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client
versions:
  - fixed: v0.31.1
description: |
  Due to support of Gzip compression in request bodies, as well
  as a lack of limiting response body sizes, a malicious server
  can cause a client to consume a significant amount of system
  resources, which may be used as a denial of service vector.
published: 2021-04-14T12:00:00Z
credit: "@guagualvcha"
symbols:
  - makeHTTPClient
links:
  pr: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/3430
  commit: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/commit/03085c2da23b179c4a51f59a03cb40aa4e85a613