modules:
  - module: github.com/tendermint/tendermint
    versions:
      - fixed: 0.31.1
    packages:
      - package: github.com/tendermint/tendermint/rpc/client
        symbols:
          - makeHTTPClient
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: 2021-04-14T20:04:52Z
credit: '@guagualvcha'
references:
  - fix: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/pull/3430
  - fix: https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/commit/03085c2da23b179c4a51f59a03cb40aa4e85a613
cve_metadata:
    id: CVE-2019-25072
    cwe: 'CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption'