CVE-2018-1060 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

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.htmlpython-3-5-6-release-candidate-1 https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.htmlpython-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@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5