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 python3Upgrade python2-tkinterUpgrade python2 | Aug 24, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade python-toolsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-test | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade python27Upgrade python27Upgrade python35Upgrade python36Upgrade python34 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python-libsUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade 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-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade tkinter | Feb 22, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-develUpgrade tkinter | May 7, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libs | Mar 11, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade runtime/python-27/tests 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 11.4Upgrade library/python/tkinter-27 to version 2.7.15-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 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-34 to version 3.4.9-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade library/python/tkinter-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 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade python-testUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinter | Nov 6, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-toolsNo solution existsUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-devel | Oct 31, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-32bitUpgrade python3-develUpgrade python-gdbmUpgrade pythonUpgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade python36-baseUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0Upgrade python36Upgrade python3-baseUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade python-cursesUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-x86Upgrade python3-tkUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade python-baseUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade python3-idleUpgrade python-tkUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0Upgrade libpython3_6m1_0-32bitUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python-idleUpgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python-base-x86Upgrade python-xmlUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-demoUpgrade python3Upgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python-x86Upgrade libpython2_7-1_0Upgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade python-docUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python3-curses | Aug 18, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3.10-minimalUpgrade python3.11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.10Upgrade python3.8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5Upgrade python3.12-minimalUpgrade python3.9-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.4Upgrade python2.7Upgrade python3.8-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimalUpgrade python3.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.7-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11Upgrade python3.6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimalUpgrade python3.8Upgrade python3.6-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12Upgrade python3.4-minimalUpgrade python3.8-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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