Debian 11: Critical ReDoS DoS Advisory DLA-4418-1 for python-mechanize

Erik Krogh Kristensen and Rasmus Petersen from the GitHub Security Lab discovered a ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) vulnerability in python-mechanize, a library to automate interaction with websites modeled after the Perl module WWW::Mechanize, which could lead to Denial of Service when parsing a malformed authentication header.LinuxSecurity – Security AdvisoriesRead More