| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 57 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-21240 | 8 Feb 202119:45 | – | alpinelinux | |
| [ASA-202102-35] python-httplib2: denial of service | 27 Feb 202100:00 | – | archlinux | |
| Astra Linux – Vulnerability in python-httplib2 | 19 Jun 202611:10 | – | astralinux | |
| Scanvus now supports Vulners and Vulns.io VM Linux vulnerability detection APIs | 30 Dec 202218:03 | – | avleonov | |
| The vulnerability of the client library’s HTTP httplib2 module, related to uncontrolled resource consumption, allows attackers to cause service interruptions. | 16 Feb 202200:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2021-21240 | 8 Feb 202122:39 | – | circl | |
| httplib2 Resource Management Error Vulnerability | 8 Feb 202100:00 | – | cnnvd | |
| CVE-2021-21240 | 8 Feb 202119:45 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2021-21240 Regular Expression Denial of Service in httplib2 | 8 Feb 202119:45 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2021-21240 | 8 Feb 202119:45 | – | debiancve |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(313939);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/05/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-21240");
script_name(english:"Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: python-httplib2 (UTSA-2026-017469)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
UTSA-2026-017469 advisory.
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.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://src.uniontech.com/#/security_advisory_detail?utsa_id=UTSA-2026-017469
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?8c95de52");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://atomgit.com/src-openeuler/python-httplib2/issues/6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21240");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected python-httplib2 package.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-21240");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/02/08");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/05/11");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Unity Linux Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/UOS-Server/release", "Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm2.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'UOS Server' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server');
var os_version = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/version');
if (isnull(os_version)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'UOS Server');
if (! preg(pattern:"^20.1050e|20.1060e|20.1070e([^0-9]|$)", string:os_version)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'UOS Server 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e', 'UOS Server ' + os_version);
if (!get_kb_item('Host/UOS-Server/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('aarch64' >!< cpu && 'sw_64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'UOS Server', cpu);
var constraints = [
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1050e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'python-httplib2-0.19.0-2.uel20', 'sp':'1050e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
},
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1060e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'python-httplib2-0.19.0-2.uel20', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python-httplib2-0.19.0-4.uel20.jk.01', 'sp':'1060e', 'cpu':'sw_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
},
{
'release': '20',
'sp': '1070e',
'pkgs': [
{'reference':'python-httplib2-0.19.0-2.uel20', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
{'reference':'python-httplib2-0.19.0-4.uel20.jk.01', 'sp':'1070e', 'cpu':'sw_64', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
]
}
];
var os_release = get_one_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
var os_sp = get_one_kb_item('Host/*/minor_release');
var flag = 0;
var reference;
var sp;
var _cpu;
var el_string;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp;
var epoch;
var allowmaj;
var exists_check;
var cves;
foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
# Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
}
if (!empty_or_null(constraint['sp'])){
if (constraint['sp'] != os_sp) continue;
}
foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
reference = NULL;
sp = NULL;
_cpu = NULL;
el_string = NULL;
rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
epoch = NULL;
allowmaj = NULL;
exists_check = NULL;
cves = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
if (reference &&
## (no known rpm to check OR known rpm_exists)
(!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check)) &&
rpm_check(sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'python-httplib2');
}
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