MGASA-2021-0122

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    MGASA-2021-0122

    Published: 12 Mar 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2021-21240

    Summary: Updated python-httplib2 packages fix a security vulnerability

    Details: A malicious server which responds with long series of \xa0 characters in the www-authenticate header may cause Denial of Service (CPU burn while parsing header) of the httplib2 client accessing said server (CVE-2021-21240).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0122.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28385, https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-93xj-8mrv-444m

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-httplib2

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-httplib2?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.19.0-1.mga7

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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