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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:45.890Z

Reserved: 2020-01-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8492

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-01-30T19:15:12.103

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:56.167

Link: CVE-2020-8492

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8492 - Bugzilla