Vigil@nce - Python: denial of service via http.cookiejar ReDoS
February 2020 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Python.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on service, denial of service on
client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 19/12/2019.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a fatal error via http.cookiejar ReDoS of
Python, in order to trigger a denial of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Python-denial-of-service-via-http-cookiejar-ReDoS-31194