CVE-2021-32837

CVSS V2 None CVSS V3 None
Description
mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) prior to version 0.4.6. If a web server responds in a malicious way, then mechanize could crash. Version 0.4.6 has a patch for the issue.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-32837
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2023-01-17T22:15:10
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-01-25T02:14:30
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-1333 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1333.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:mechanize_project:mechanize:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:* 1 OR 0.4.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/blob/3acb1836f3fd8edc5a758a417dd46b53832ae3b5/mechanize/_urllib2_fork.py#L878-L879
https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/commit/dd05334448e9f39814bab044d2eaa5ef69b410d6
https://github.com/python-mechanize/mechanize/releases/tag/v0.4.6
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2021-108-python-mechanize-mechanize/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32837
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-32837
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2023-01-17 22:18:15 Added to TrackCVE
2023-01-17 22:18:16 Weakness Enumeration new
2023-01-17 23:14:29 2023-01-17T23:01:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-17 23:14:29 Received Awaiting Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-24 16:14:32 Awaiting Analysis Undergoing Analysis Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-25 03:16:16 2023-01-25T02:14:30 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-01-25 03:16:16 Undergoing Analysis Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated
2023-01-25 03:16:18 CPE Information updated