CVE-2020-8492

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.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Atk. Vector
NETWORK
Atk. Complexity
LOW
Priv. Required
NONE
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 78%
VendorProductVersion
pythonpython
2.7.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 2.7.17
pythonpython
3.5.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.5.9
pythonpython
3.6.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.6.10
pythonpython
3.7.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.7.6
pythonpython
3.8.0 ≤
𝑥
≤ 3.8.1
opensuseleap
15.1
canonicalubuntu_linux
12.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
14.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
16.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
18.04
canonicalubuntu_linux
19.10
canonicalubuntu_linux
20.04
debiandebian_linux
9.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
python2.7
bullseye
2.7.18-8+deb11u1
fixed
jessie
no-dsa
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
python2.7
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
impish
ignored
hirsute
ignored
groovy
ignored
focal
Fixed 2.7.18-1~20.04.1
released
eoan
ignored
bionic
Fixed 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1
released
xenial
Fixed 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.11
released
trusty
Fixed 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm5
released
python3.4
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
dne
trusty
Fixed 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm6
released
python3.5
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
bionic
dne
xenial
Fixed 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.10
released
trusty
Fixed 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.4~14.04.1+esm1
released
python3.6
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
dne
bionic
Fixed 3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1
released
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
python3.7
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
dne
focal
dne
eoan
Fixed 3.7.5-2~19.10ubuntu1
released
bionic
Fixed 3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2
released
xenial
dne
trusty
dne
python3.8
noble
dne
mantic
dne
lunar
dne
kinetic
dne
jammy
dne
impish
dne
hirsute
dne
groovy
Fixed 3.8.2-1ubuntu1.1
released
focal
Fixed 3.8.2-1ubuntu1.1
released
eoan
ignored
bionic
Fixed 3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2
released
xenial
dne
trusty
dne