CVE-2020-8492
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Summary
Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue39503
- https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APGWEMYZIY5VHLCSZ3HD67PA5Z2UQFGH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WOKDEXLYW5UQ4S7PA7E37IITOC7C56J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdb31a608dd6758c6093fd645aea3fbf022dd25b37109b6aaea5bc0b5%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfec113c733162b39633fd86a2d0f34bf42ac35f711b3ec1835c774da%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
References
- https://bugs.python.org/issue39503
- https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-2/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APGWEMYZIY5VHLCSZ3HD67PA5Z2UQFGH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WOKDEXLYW5UQ4S7PA7E37IITOC7C56J/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdb31a608dd6758c6093fd645aea3fbf022dd25b37109b6aaea5bc0b5%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfec113c733162b39633fd86a2d0f34bf42ac35f711b3ec1835c774da%40%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
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