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[PLUG] Python also impacted by critical IP address validation vulnerability


Python also impacted by critical IP address validation vulnerability
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/python-also-impacted-by-critical-ip-address-validation-vulnerability/

The vulnerability, tracked by CVE-2021-28918 (Critical), CVE-2021-29418 (Medium), and CVE-2021-29424 (High) existed in both npm and Perl versions of netmask, and some other similar libraries.

It turns out, the ipaddress standard library introduced in Python 3.3 is also impacted by this vulnerability



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