7.1 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.5%
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2020-8492)
Affected Packages:
python26
Issue Correction:
Run yum update python26 to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
python26-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
python26-devel-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
python26-libs-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
python26-test-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
python26-tools-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686
src:
python26-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.src
x86_64:
python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
python26-devel-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
python26-test-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
python26-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
python26-tools-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
python26-libs-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64
Red Hat: CVE-2020-8492
Mitre: CVE-2020-8492
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26 | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26-debuginfo | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26-devel | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-devel-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26-libs | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-libs-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26-test | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-test-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | i686 | python26-tools | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-tools-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.i686.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python26-debuginfo | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-debuginfo-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python26-devel | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-devel-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python26-test | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-test-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
Amazon Linux | 1 | x86_64 | python26 | < 2.6.9-2.90.amzn1 | python26-2.6.9-2.90.amzn1.x86_64.rpm |
7.1 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.5%