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Gentoo: GLSA-202107-36 Normal: urllib3 Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey July 15, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Important: Gentoo Security Bulletin GLSA 202308-21 regarding urllib3 reveals several vulnerabilities that could lead to Denial of Service threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in urllib3, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in urllib3. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo normal severity service risk urllib3

Resolution

All urllib3 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/urllib3-1.26.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-28363 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-28363 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-33503 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33503

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: urllib3: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 15, 2021
Bugs: #776421, #799413
ID: 202107-36

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update gentoo normal severity service risk urllib3

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in urllib3, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

The urllib3 library is an HTTP library with thread-safe connection pooling, file post, and more.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/urllib3 < 1.26.5 >= 1.26.5

Impact

===== An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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