In version 3.23.0 of aimhubio/aim, certain methods that request data from external servers do not have set timeouts, causing the server to wait indefinitely for a response. This can lead to a denial of service, as the tracking server does not respond to other requests while waiting. The issue arises in the client used by the aim tracking server to communicate with external resources, specifically in the _run_read_instructions method and similar calls without timeouts.
The code has a synchronous call to a remote resource, but there is no timeout for the call, or the timeout is set to infinite.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aim | Aimstack | 3.23.0 (including) | 3.23.0 (including) |
This issue can prevent the product from running reliably, since an outage for the remote resource can cause the product to hang. If the relevant code is reachable by an attacker, then this reliability problem might introduce a vulnerability.