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CVE-2021-3733

Published: 2 September 2021

There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.

Notes

AuthorNote
leosilva
code affected in hirsute and devel is already patched, so both releases
in python3.9 are not affected.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
python3.10
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Does not exist

hirsute
Released (3.10.0~b1-3~21.04)
impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
bionic Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

python3.4
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty
Released (3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm11)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

impish Does not exist

mantic Does not exist

python3.5
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

bionic Does not exist

focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

trusty Needed

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.13+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
mantic Does not exist

python3.6
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (3.6.9-1~18.04ubuntu1.6)
focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
mantic Does not exist

python3.7
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
focal Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

trusty Does not exist

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
bionic
Released (3.7.5-2ubuntu1~18.04.2)
mantic Does not exist

python3.8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (3.8.0-3ubuntu1~18.04.2)
focal
Released (3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04)
hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
mantic Does not exist

python3.9
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

impish Not vulnerable

bionic Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

xenial Ignored
(end of standard support)
upstream
Released (3.9.7-1)
focal
Released (3.9.5-3~20.04.1)
hirsute Not vulnerable

mantic Does not exist

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H