vulnerability
Alma Linux: CVE-2020-8492: Moderate: python38:3.8 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2020-4641)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jan 30, 2020 | May 4, 2022 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jan 30, 2020
Added
May 4, 2022
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
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.
Solutions
alma-upgrade-python38-asn1cryptoalma-upgrade-python38-cffialma-upgrade-python38-chardetalma-upgrade-python38-cryptographyalma-upgrade-python38-cythonalma-upgrade-python38-idnaalma-upgrade-python38-markupsafealma-upgrade-python38-mod_wsgialma-upgrade-python38-psycopg2alma-upgrade-python38-psycopg2-docalma-upgrade-python38-psycopg2-testsalma-upgrade-python38-pycparseralma-upgrade-python38-pysocksalma-upgrade-python38-pytzalma-upgrade-python38-requestsalma-upgrade-python38-scipy
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