SB2020031708 - Denial of service in urllib3 library for Python
Published: March 17, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020031708
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7212)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an inefficient algorithm in the "_encode_invalid_chars" function in "util/url.py". A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.