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Debian: CVE-2020-26116: python2.7, python3.7, python3.9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-26116: python2.7, python3.7, python3.9 -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/27/2020
Created
11/21/2020
Added
11/20/2020
Modified
05/29/2023

Description

http.client in Python 3.x before 3.5.10, 3.6.x before 3.6.12, 3.7.x before 3.7.9, and 3.8.x before 3.8.5 allows CRLF injection if the attacker controls the HTTP request method, as demonstrated by inserting CR and LF control characters in the first argument of HTTPConnection.request.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-python2-7
  • debian-upgrade-python3-7
  • debian-upgrade-python3-9

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