CVE-2020-8492

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.
References
Link Resource
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.python.org/issue39503 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APGWEMYZIY5VHLCSZ3HD67PA5Z2UQFGH/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WOKDEXLYW5UQ4S7PA7E37IITOC7C56J/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/ Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdb31a608dd6758c6093fd645aea3fbf022dd25b37109b6aaea5bc0b5@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfec113c733162b39633fd86a2d0f34bf42ac35f711b3ec1835c774da@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-01-30 11:15

Updated : 2021-09-16 08:46


NVD link : CVE-2020-8492

Mitre link : CVE-2020-8492


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CWE
CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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Products Affected

python

  • python

fedoraproject

  • fedora

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

opensuse

  • leap

debian

  • debian_linux