CVE-2021-3737
CVE-2021-3737: 1 tracked advisory record across Red Hat. Compare vendor sources and published fix guidance.
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1 advisory- Advisory severityMedium6.5
Medium [CVE-2021-3737] flaw was found in python
CVE-2021-3737Source published Source updated
A flaw was found in python. An improperly handled HTTP response in the HTTP client code of python may allow a remote attacker, who controls the HTTP server, to make the client script enter an infinite loop, consuming CPU time. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. Given the flaw is in the client side and it requires automatically connecting to a compromised but trusted server or manually connecting to a malicious server, the Impact of this flaw has been set to Low. It requires indeed unlikely circumstances to be exploited and when it is it is enough to stop the client or restart it. This issue did not affect the versions of rh-python38-python as shipped with Red Hat Software Collections 3 as they already contain the patch. Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 6.5…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat package: python3
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- python39:3.9-8050020210811100211.d428a79b
- python39-devel:3.9-8050020210811100211.d428a79b
- python38:3.8-8060020220120164031.5294be16
- python38-devel:3.8-8060020220120164031.5294be16
8 more entries in the full advisory.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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