vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-1060: Improper Input Validation
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 18, 2018 | Aug 24, 2018 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 18, 2018
Added
Aug 24, 2018
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-python2alpine-linux-upgrade-python2-tkinteralpine-linux-upgrade-python3
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