vulnerability
SUSE: CVE-2020-8492: SUSE Linux Security Advisory
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | Mar 3, 2020 | Feb 4, 2022 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
Mar 3, 2020
Modified
Feb 4, 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
suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0suse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0suse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0-32bitsuse-upgrade-libpython3_9-1_0suse-upgrade-pythonsuse-upgrade-python-32bitsuse-upgrade-python-basesuse-upgrade-python-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-python-cursessuse-upgrade-python-demosuse-upgrade-python-develsuse-upgrade-python-docsuse-upgrade-python-doc-pdfsuse-upgrade-python-gdbmsuse-upgrade-python-idlesuse-upgrade-python-rpm-macrossuse-upgrade-python-tksuse-upgrade-python-xmlsuse-upgrade-python3suse-upgrade-python3-32bitsuse-upgrade-python3-basesuse-upgrade-python3-base-32bitsuse-upgrade-python3-cursessuse-upgrade-python3-dbmsuse-upgrade-python3-develsuse-upgrade-python3-docsuse-upgrade-python3-doc-devhelpsuse-upgrade-python3-idlesuse-upgrade-python3-testsuitesuse-upgrade-python3-tksuse-upgrade-python3-toolssuse-upgrade-python36suse-upgrade-python36-basesuse-upgrade-python39suse-upgrade-python39-basesuse-upgrade-python39-cursessuse-upgrade-python39-dbmsuse-upgrade-python39-develsuse-upgrade-python39-idlesuse-upgrade-python39-tksuse-upgrade-python39-toolssuse-upgrade-shared-python-startup
References
Rapid7 Labs
2026 Global Threat Landscape Report
The predictive window has collapsed. Exploitation follows disclosure in days. See how attackers are accelerating and how to stay ahead.