usn-8537-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-07-14 11:56
Modified
2026-07-14 11:56
Summary
python-httplib2 vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that httplib2 performed unbounded decompression of HTTP response bodies when the server used gzip or deflate Content-Encoding. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause httplib2 to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service.

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  "modified": "2026-07-14T11:56:56Z",
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