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UBUNTU: 2021:2701-2 Low: Ruby-Net-HTTP Resource Exhaustion

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2021
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SUSE Security Bulletin: Resolved issues in python-requests addressed two notable vulnerabilities along with setup guidelines.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for python-httplib2 fixes the following issues: - Update to version 0.19.0 (bsc#1182053). - CVE-2021-21240: Fixed regular expression denial of service via malicious header (bsc#1182053). - CVE-2020-11078: Fixed unescaped part of uri where an attacker could change request headers and body (bsc#1182053). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP3-2021-1806=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security fix SUSE Linux Enterprise python-httplib2

References

#1171998 #1182053

Cross- CVE-2020-11078 CVE-2021-21240

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-11078 (NVD) : 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2020-11078 (SUSE): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVE-2021-21240 (NVD) : 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-21240 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-11078.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-21240.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1171998

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1806-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service security fix SUSE Linux Enterprise python-httplib2

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