Updated: 2026-02-25 09:53:29.096791
Description:
A flaw was found in python. An improperly handled HTTP response in the HTTP client code of python may allow a remote attacker, who controls the HTTP server, to make the client script enter an infinite loop, consuming CPU time. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
| Links | NIST | CIRCL | RHEL | Ubuntu |
| Severity | Score | |
|---|---|---|
| CVSS Version 2.x | HIGH | 7.1 |
| CVSS Version 3.x | HIGH | 7.5 |
| OS name | Project name | Version | Score | Severity | Status | Errata | Last updated | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | python2.7 | 2.7.17-1 | 7.5 | HIGH | Released | CLSA-2023:1689701064 | 2023-07-20 11:07:47 | |
| Ubuntu 18.04 ELS | python3.6 | 3.6.9-1 | 7.5 | HIGH | Already Fixed | 2023-06-02 09:09:48 | ||
| Ubuntu 20.04 ELS | php | 7.4.3 | 7.5 | HIGH | Not Vulnerable | 2025-09-30 05:27:23 |