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.
                
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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
Products Affected
                python
- python
 
fedoraproject
- fedora
 
canonical
- ubuntu_linux
 
opensuse
- leap
 
debian
- debian_linux
 


