Resource Exhaustion Affecting scipy-debugsource package, versions <0:1.3.1-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-SCIPYDEBUGSOURCE-3213753
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • 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 Rocky-Linux:8 scipy-debugsource to version 0:1.3.1-4.module+el8.4.0+570+c2eaf144 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:4641.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream scipy-debugsource package and not the scipy-debugsource package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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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