vulnerability
Arch Linux: Denial of service (CVE-2020-8492)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
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.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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