Resource Exhaustion Affecting python39-idna package, versions <0:2.10-3.module+el8.4.0+20109+b7b1db01


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-PYTHON39IDNA-2588964
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 10 Mar 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 python39-idna to version 0:2.10-3.module+el8.4.0+20109+b7b1db01 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4160.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python39-idna package and not the python39-idna 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.5 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

4 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium