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USN-5200-1: Python vulnerabilities

17 December 2021

Python could be made to crash if it receives specially crafted input from a malicious server.

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Releases

Packages

  • python3.7 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language
  • python3.8 - An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details

It was discovered that the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler class
in Python contains regex allowing for catastrophic backtracking. Specially
crafted traffic from a malicious HTTP server could cause a regular expression
denial of service (ReDoS) condition for a client.
(CVE-2020-8492)

It was discovered that the urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler class
in Python contains regex with a quadratic worst-case time complexity.
Specially crafted traffic from a malicious HTTP server could cause a regular
expression denial of service (ReDoS) condition for a client.
(CVE-2021-3733)

It was discovered that the Python urllib http client could enter into an infinite
loop when incorrectly handling certain server responses (100 Continue response).
Specially crafted traffic from a malicious HTTP server could cause a denial of
service (DoS) condition for a client.
(CVE-2021-3737)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 18.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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