CVE-2020-8492

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

CVE-2020-8492 describes a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in Python’s urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler that can be triggered by a malicious HTTP server. The vulnerability affects Python 2.7 (up to 2.7.17) and multiple 3.x releases (up to 3.8.1 per the CVE summary). Connected a...

Python -- Regular Expression DoS attack against client

Ben Caller and Matt Schwager reports: 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...