GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-06-01 21:19
Modified
2021-10-21 16:39
Severity
Summary
Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters
Details

Impact

When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.

Patches

The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.

References

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "urllib3"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.25.4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.26.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2021-33503"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-05-28T22:09:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-06-29T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nWhen provided with a URL containing many `@` characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.\n\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.\n\n### References\n\n- [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3)\n* Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)\n",
  "id": "GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg",
  "modified": "2021-10-21T16:39:49Z",
  "published": "2021-06-01T21:19:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33503"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/5b047b645f5f93900d5e2fc31230848c25eb1f5f#diff-52026d639119bf1e0364836b4e8a18bd9ed3c95c6ba39b26534a5057a65e35bbR65"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SCV7ZNAHS3E6PBFLJGENCDRDRWRZZ6W"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMUGWEAUYGGHTPPXT6YBD53WYXQGVV73"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters"
}


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