Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:202084920000000
Revision Date:2020-01-30Version:1
Title:CVE-2020-8492 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description: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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2020-8492
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • python2.7 package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR python3.6 package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR python3.7 package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
  • OR python3.8 package in bionic is affected and may need fixing.
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