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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="202005-09">
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<title>Python: Denial of Service</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in Python could lead to a Denial of Service
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condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">python</product>
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<announced>2020-05-14</announced>
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<revised count="1">2020-05-14</revised>
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<bug>707822</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="dev-lang/python" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge" slot="2.7">2.7.18</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="ge" slot="3.6">3.6.10-r2</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="ge" slot="3.7">3.7.7-r2</unaffected>
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<unaffected range="ge" slot="3.8">3.8.2-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt" slot="2.7">2.7.18</vulnerable>
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<vulnerable range="lt" slot="3.6">3.6.10-r2</vulnerable>
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<vulnerable range="lt" slot="3.7">3.7.7-r2</vulnerable>
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<vulnerable range="lt" slot="3.8">3.8.2-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming
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language.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>An issue was discovered in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler which
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allowed a remote attacker to send malicious data causing extensive
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regular expression backtracking.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Python 2.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.18:2.7"
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</code>
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<p>All Python 3.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.6.10-r2:3.6"
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</code>
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<p>All Python 3.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.7.7-r2:3.7"
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</code>
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<p>All Python 3.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.8.2-r2:3.8"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8492">CVE-2020-8492</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-05-07T23:04:03Z">sam_c</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-05-14T22:18:15Z">sam_c</metadata>
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</glsa>
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