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.
                
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 MITRE
                        MITRE
                    Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2020-01-30T00:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-04T10:03:45.890Z
Reserved: 2020-01-30T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-8492
 Vulnrichment
                        Vulnrichment
                    No data.
 NVD
                        NVD
                    Status : Modified
Published: 2020-01-30T19:15:12.103
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:38:56.167
Link: CVE-2020-8492
 Redhat
                        Redhat