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CVE-2020-8492

Public on 2020-01-30
Modified on 2024-01-17
Description

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.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python 2020-06-01 22:38 ALAS2-2020-1432
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python 2020-07-31 19:22 ALAS2-2020-1471
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2020-07-27 23:54 ALAS-2020-1406
Amazon Linux 1 python27 2020-07-27 23:54 ALAS-2020-1407
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 2020-07-31 19:22 ALAS2-2020-1471
Amazon Linux 1 python34 2020-07-27 23:54 ALAS-2020-1407
Amazon Linux 1 python35 2020-07-27 23:54 ALAS-2020-1407
Amazon Linux 1 python36 2020-07-27 23:54 ALAS-2020-1407
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 2023-08-21 21:00 ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2023-006

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H