CVE-2021-32837 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-32837 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 17/01/2023 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: python-mechanize | Product: mechanize
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2021-32837 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-1333
CWE Name: CWE-1333 Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Source: python-mechanize

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).