CVE-2020-11078
python-httplib2 - security update
6.8
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.3%
Description
In httplib2 before version 0.18.0, an attacker controlling unescaped part of uri for `httplib2.Http.request()` could change request headers and body, send additional hidden requests to same server. This vulnerability impacts software that uses httplib2 with uri constructed by string concatenation, as opposed to proper urllib building with escaping. This has been fixed in 0.18.0.
How to fix CVE-2020-11078
To remediate CVE-2020-11078, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.18.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.9+dfsg-2+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.18.0 or later
- —upgrade to a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9e or later
Is CVE-2020-11078 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 0.18.1-1
- from 0, < 0.9+dfsg-2+deb8u1
- from 0, < 0.18.0
- from 0, < a1457cc31f3206cf691d11d2bf34e98865873e9e | from 0, < 0.18.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |