VulnerabilityModified
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…
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 6.62%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.62% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- python/python · opensuse/leap · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.python.org/issue39503Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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/2020/07/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
- 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/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/
- 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/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/
- https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-2/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://bugs.python.org/issue39503Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284Patch, Third Party Advisory
- 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/2020/07/msg00011.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
- 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/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/
- 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/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/
- https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0001/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.