urllib3 could be made to use excessive resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled decompression during HTTP redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service.
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled decompression during HTTP redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service.
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled decompression during HTTP redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service.
It was discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled decompression during HTTP redirects. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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