Hi

Reverted the decision that it is minor. Instead added python to dla needed.

// Ola

On Mon, 3 Feb 2020 at 11:30, Ola Lundqvist <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ben
>
> Thank you. I realize that I misunderstood things. It is the server side
> that sends this string, not the user on the client side. I'll adjust my
> analysis accordingly.
> This means that a malicious server can cause a DoS on client side.
>
> Best regards
>
> // Ola
>
> On Sun, 2 Feb 2020 at 23:55, Ben Hutchings <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 2020-01-31 at 21:18 +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
>> > Hi fellow LTS development team
>> >
>> > I'm not sure how to handle CVE-2020-8492. It is a client side
>> vulnerability
>> > and what it can cause it CPU load issue (on the client side as I
>> > understand). I can not really see how it can be exploited in any normal
>> > client. Sure if the attacker creates new python code it can, but then it
>> > can do that anyway because an infinite loop is quite easy to do in any
>> > python code.
>>
>> I don't know for sure, but I think the test case given in the upstream
>> issue exercises part of the normal response handling.  I think it shows
>> what happens if a server sends a response with the header field:
>>
>> www-authenticate: Basic
>> ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, foo realm
>>
>> Ben.
>>
>> > So I think it is probably a minor issue, but I would like to check with
>> > others for an opinion,.
>> >
>> > For now I have marked as ignored, but if people have good arguments I
>> will
>> > change my mind.
>> >
>> > Best regards
>> >
>> > // Ola
>> >
>> --
>> Ben Hutchings
>> I haven't lost my mind; it's backed up on tape somewhere.
>>
>>
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