Vulnerability identifier: #VU50989
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
httplib2
Other software /
Other software solutions
Vendor: httplib2
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion by tricking the application to connect to a malicious server that responds with long series of "xa0" characters in the "www-authenticate" header.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
httplib2: 0.9 - 0.18.1
External links
http://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/bd9ee252c8f099608019709e22c0d705e98d26bc
http://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/pull/182
http://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-93xj-8mrv-444m
http://pypi.org/project/httplib2
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.