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

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...

tauthon -- Regular Expression Denial of Service

The :class:urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler class of the :mod:urllib.request module uses an inefficient regular expression which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service...

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...

Python -- multiple vulnerabilities

Python reports: The AbstractBasicAuthHandler class of the urllib.request module uses an inefficient regular expression which can be exploited by an attacker to cause a denial of service. Fix the regex to prevent the catastrophic backtracking. Vulnerability reported by Ben Caller and Matt Schwager...