Resource Exhaustion Affecting python3-devel package, versions <0:3.6.8-17.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PYTHON3DEVEL-2562787
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed30 Jan 2020

Introduced: 30 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-8492  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 python3-devel to version 0:3.6.8-17.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-3888.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-devel package and not the python3-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Scores

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