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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.845173
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-5200-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'python3.7, python3.8' package(s) announced via the USN-5200-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python3.7, python3.8' package(s) announced via the USN-5200-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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)

Affected Software/OS:
'python3.7, python3.8' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-8492
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7WOKDEXLYW5UQ4S7PA7E37IITOC7C56J/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UESGYI5XDAHJBATEZN3MHNDUBDH47AS6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/APGWEMYZIY5VHLCSZ3HD67PA5Z2UQFGH/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5NSAX4SC3V64PGZUPH7PRDLSON34Q5A/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202005-09
https://bugs.python.org/issue39503
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/18284
https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdb31a608dd6758c6093fd645aea3fbf022dd25b37109b6aaea5bc0b5@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfec113c733162b39633fd86a2d0f34bf42ac35f711b3ec1835c774da@%3Ccommits.cassandra.apache.org%3E
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0274 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-1/
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4333-2/
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3733
https://bugs.python.org/issue43075
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995234
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7215d1ae25525c92b026166f9d5cac85fb
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24391
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3733
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3737
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220407-0009/
https://bugs.python.org/issue44022
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995162
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/25916
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/26503
https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-100-continue-loop.html
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3737
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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