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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 4.3
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade python2-tkinterUpgrade python3Upgrade python2 | Aug 24, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-testUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade python34Upgrade python36Upgrade python35Upgrade python27Upgrade python27 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python-testUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinter | Aug 28, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade python2.7 | Sep 28, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade python27 | May 6, 2018 | May 5, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade pythonUpgrade python-develUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libs | Feb 22, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade pythonUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-libsUpgrade tkinter | May 7, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python | Mar 11, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade library/python/tkinter-34 to version 3.4.9-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-34 to version 3.4.9-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-35 to version 3.5.6-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-27 to version 2.7.15-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-27/tests to version 2.7.15-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade library/python/tkinter-27 to version 2.7.15-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade library/python/tkinter-35 to version 3.5.6-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade python-libsUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python | Nov 6, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python-debugUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-debuginfoNo solution existsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-test | Oct 31, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpython3_6m1_0Upgrade python36Upgrade python-cursesUpgrade python-baseUpgrade python3-32bitUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade python-tkUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade python3-idleUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0-32bitUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade python3-develUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-x86Upgrade python3-tkUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0Upgrade python36-baseUpgrade python-gdbmUpgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade python3-baseUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python-docUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0Upgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python-develUpgrade python3-cursesUpgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python-base-x86Upgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-xmlUpgrade python-demoUpgrade python3Upgrade python-idleUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade python-x86 | Aug 18, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8Upgrade python3.11-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimalUpgrade python3.7-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.6-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimalUpgrade python3.6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12Upgrade python3.4-minimalUpgrade python3.5-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimalUpgrade python3.11Upgrade python2.7Upgrade python3.11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.9-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5Upgrade python3.10Upgrade python3.8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.10-minimalUpgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.4Upgrade python3.12-minimal | Nov 15, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Jun 18, 2018 |
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