Resource Exhaustion Affecting python2-docutils package, versions <0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+7833+4aaf98ce


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PYTHON2DOCUTILS-2829394
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed10 Mar 2022

Introduced: 10 Mar 2022

CVE-2021-3733  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 python2-docutils to version 0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+7833+4aaf98ce or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2022-1821.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-docutils package and not the python2-docutils package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.

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