RHSA-2021:2116: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) security update

An update for python-httplib2 is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1 (Train). Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.A comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries. Security Fix(es):

• CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function (CVE-2020-11078)
• Regular expression denial of service via malicious header (CVE-2021-21240) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page listed in the References section. Related CVEs:
• CVE-2020-11078: python-httplib2: CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function
• CVE-2021-21240: python-httplib2: Regular expression denial of service via malicious header