CVE-2021-32837

mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) prior to version 0.4.6. If a web server responds in a malicious way, then mechanize could crash. Version 0.4.6 has a patch for the issue.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:mechanize_project:mechanize:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 06:07

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Summary
  • (es) mechanize, una librería para interactuar automáticamente con servidores web HTTP, contiene una expresión regular que es vulnerable a la denegación de servicio de expresión regular (ReDoS) antes de la versión 0.4.6. Si un servidor web responde de forma maliciosa, mechanize podría fallar. La versión 0.4.6 tiene un parche para este problema.
References () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/blob/3acb1836f3fd8edc5a758a417dd46b53832ae3b5/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py#L878-L879 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/blob/3acb1836f3fd8edc5a758a417dd46b53832ae3b5/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py#L878-L879 - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/commit/dd05334448e9f39814bab044d2eaa5ef69b410d6 - Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/commit/dd05334448e9f39814bab044d2eaa5ef69b410d6 - Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/releases/tag/v0.4.6 - Third Party Advisory () https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/releases/tag/v0.4.6 - Third Party Advisory
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00022.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00022.html -
References () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-108-python-mechanize-mechanize/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-108-python-mechanize-mechanize/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

20 Jun 2023, 17:15

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References
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00022.html -

Information

Published : 2023-01-17 22:15

Updated : 2024-11-21 06:07


NVD link : CVE-2021-32837

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32837

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32837


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Products Affected

mechanize_project

  • mechanize
CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity