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CVE-2020-6817

HIGH
7.5
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).

How to fix

Remediation Available
python-bleachDebian
Fixed in:3.1.4-1CVE-2020-6817
Fixed in:3.1.4-1CVE-2020-6817
Fixed in:3.1.4-1CVE-2020-6817
Fixed in:3.1.4-1CVE-2020-6817
python-bleachUbuntu
Fixed in:1.4.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:3.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
python-bleach-docUbuntu
Fixed in:1.4.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:3.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
python3-bleachUbuntu
Fixed in:1.4.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:2.1.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1
Fixed in:3.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8077-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days
49thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 49% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

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