vulnerability
CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-14647: Moderate: python security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 25, 2018 | Aug 28, 2019 | May 25, 2023 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 25, 2018
Added
Aug 28, 2019
Modified
May 25, 2023
Description
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15.
Solutions
centos-upgrade-pythoncentos-upgrade-python-debugcentos-upgrade-python-debuginfocentos-upgrade-python-develcentos-upgrade-python-libscentos-upgrade-python-testcentos-upgrade-python-toolscentos-upgrade-tkinter
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