vulnerability
Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-8492: Python: Denial of service
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | Jun 15, 2020 | Aug 13, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
Jun 15, 2020
Modified
Aug 13, 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
gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-lang-python
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