CVE-2021-21240

httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library for Python. In httplib2 before version 0.19.0, a malicious server which responds with long series of "\xa0" characters in the "www-authenticate" header may cause Denial of Service (CPU burn while parsing header) of the httplib2 client accessing said server. This is fixed in version 0.19.0 which contains a new implementation of auth headers parsing using the pyparsing library.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 88.71%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
httplib2_projecthttplib2
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< 0.19.0
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
python-httplib2
bookworm
0.20.4-3
fixed
bullseye
no-dsa
buster
no-dsa
sid
0.22.0-1
fixed
stretch
no-dsa
trixie
0.22.0-1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
python-httplib2
bionic
needed
focal
needed
groovy
ignored
hirsute
ignored
impish
ignored
jammy
needed
kinetic
ignored
lunar
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
noble
not-affected
oracular
not-affected
plucky
not-affected
questing
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
needed
xenial
needed