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ALPINE-CVE-2020-8492

ALPINE-CVE-2020-8492

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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.

CVSS 6.5 · Medium · Fix available

Published
Updated

Stack: system

Affected products and versions

  • python3 Alpine:v3.10

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.7.7-r0

    Update to 3.7.7-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.11

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.12

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.13

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.14

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.15

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.16

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.17

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.18

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.19

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.20

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.21

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.22

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.23

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

  • python3 Alpine:v3.24

    Affected ranges
    • ECOSYSTEM: < 3.8.2-r0

    Update to 3.8.2-r0

Original sources

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