vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8492): Python vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | Apr 22, 2020 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
Apr 22, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 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.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpython3-7-stdlibubuntu-pro-upgrade-libpython3-8-stdlibubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-6ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-6-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-7ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-7-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8-minimal
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