Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Open Source Python affect IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-8492)

Summary

A Vulnerability in Open Source Python affects IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager (CVE-2020-8492)

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-8492
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler. By sending a specially crafted request, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS).
CVSS Base score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175462 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Fix |

VRMF

| APAR |How to acquire fix
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efix_jython253_CVE-2020-8492_FP7200218.zip |

7.3.0.3 - 7.3.0.7

| None | Download eFix

Workarounds and Mitigations

The above eFixe(s) for the respective FixPack(s) can be downloaded and applied directly.