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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3733

DEBIAN-CVE-2021-3733 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12pypy30, 0, 0
Debian:11python2.72.7.18-12, 2.7.18-13, 2.7.18-13.1
Debian:14pypy30, 0, 0
Debian:11python3.90, 3.9.2-1, 3.9.2-1
Debian:11pypy30, 0, 0
Debian:13pypy30, 0, 0

Exploit Intelligence

Timeline

  • Mar 10, 2022 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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