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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-3733

An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the…

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 4.67%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.67%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
4.67% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400
Affected
python/python · redhat/codeready linux builder · redhat/codeready linux builder for ibm z systems · redhat/codeready linux builder for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions · fedoraproject/extra packages for enterprise linux · fedoraproject/fedora · netapp/management services for element software and netapp hci · netapp/ontap select deploy administration utility · netapp/solidfire\, enterprise sds \& hci storage node · netapp/hci compute node firmware
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.