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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-8492

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223610

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic backtracking. (CVE-2020-8492)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-8492

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223610

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_8492.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8492

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-tkinter, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-debug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python2-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8492