Resource Exhaustion Affecting python38-devel package, versions <0:3.8.3-3.module+el8.3.0+7824+e0098946


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PYTHON38DEVEL-2570247
  • 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:8 python38-devel to version 0:3.8.3-3.module+el8.3.0+7824+e0098946 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4641.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python38-devel package and not the python38-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 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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