vulnerability
Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-8492: Vulnerability in Python
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | Jan 19, 2021 | Feb 17, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
Jan 19, 2021
Modified
Feb 17, 2022
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.
Solutions
oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-legacy-runtime-python-34-3-4-10-11-4-24-0-1-75-1oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-legacy-runtime-python-35-3-5-9-11-4-24-0-1-75-1oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-runtime-python-27-2-7-18-11-4-24-0-1-75-1oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-runtime-python-37-3-7-5-11-4-24-0-1-75-1
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