Python: Denial of service

Python: Denial of service A vulnerability in Python could lead to a Denial of Service condition. python 2020-05-14 2020-10-18 707822 741502 remote 2.7.18-r2 3.6.10-r2 3.7.7-r2 3.8.2-r2 2.7.18-r2 3.6.10-r2 3.7.7-r2 3.8.2-r2

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.

An issue was discovered in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler which allowed a remote attacker to send malicious data causing extensive regular expression backtracking.

An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Python 2.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-2.7.18-r2:2.7"

All Python 3.6 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.6.10-r2:3.6"

All Python 3.7 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.7.7-r2:3.7"

All Python 3.8 users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-lang/python-3.8.2-r2:3.8"

CVE-2020-8492 sam_c sam_c