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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-8492) (Multiple Advisories): python3 security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2020-8492) (Multiple Advisories): python3 security and bug fix update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
01/30/2020
Created
10/09/2020
Added
10/07/2020
Modified
11/23/2022

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-platform-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-platform-python-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-platform-python-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-idle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-tkinter

References

  • ELSA-2020-4433
  • USN-4333-1
  • USN-4333-2
  • USN-4754-3
  • USN-5200-1
  • CVE-2020-8492

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