ALAS2-2021-1668

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-26137  

A flaw was found in python-urllib3. The HTTPConnection.request() does not properly validate CRLF sequences in the HTTP request method, potentially allowing manipulation of the request by injecting additional HTTP headers. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2020-26137)

ALAS2-2021-1668


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2021-1668
Advisory Release Date: 2021-06-16 20:37 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2021-06-22 22:41 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2020-26137 

Issue Overview:

A flaw was found in python-urllib3. The HTTPConnection.request() does not properly validate CRLF sequences in the HTTP request method, potentially allowing manipulation of the request by injecting additional HTTP headers. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2020-26137)


Affected Packages:

python-urllib3


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-urllib3 to update your system.

New Packages:
noarch:
    python-urllib3-1.25.9-1.amzn2.0.1.noarch

src:
    python-urllib3-1.25.9-1.amzn2.0.1.src