high7.5
CVE-2018-1060
python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method.
Impact
python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Python | Python | from 2.7.0 before 2.7.15 from 3.0.0 before 3.4.9 from 3.5.0 before 3.5.6 after 3.6.0 before 3.6.5 |
| Fedoraproject | Fedora | Versions 28, 29, 30 |
| Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | Versions 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04 |
| Redhat | Ansible Tower | Version 3.3 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 7.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 7.0 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1060
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html