AZL-109638

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AZL-109638

Summary: CVE-2021-3733 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1

Details: There's a flaw in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class. An attacker who controls a malicious HTTP server that an HTTP client (such as web browser) connects to, could trigger a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) during an authentication request with a specially crafted payload that is sent by the server to the client. The greatest threat that this flaw poses is to application availability.

References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3733