CVE-2021-32837 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-32837: mechanize, a library for automatically interacting with HTTP web servers, contains a regular expression that is vulnerable to regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) prior to version 0.4.6. If a web server responds in a malicious way, then mechanize could crash. Version 0.4.6 has a patch for th

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-32837 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-mechanize→ fixed in1:0.4.5-2+deb11u1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-mechanize
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-mechanize→ fixed in1:0.4.7-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-mechanize
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

python-mechanize→ fixed in1:0.4.7-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y python-mechanize
```

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