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 python2Upgrade python3Upgrade python2-tkinter | Aug 24, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade pythonUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debug | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade python34Upgrade python27Upgrade python35Upgrade python36Upgrade python27 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-testUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade 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 python-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python | Feb 22, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-libsUpgrade tkinter | May 7, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinter | Mar 11, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade 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 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-27/tests to version 2.7.15-11.4.6.0.1.2.0 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-34 to version 3.4.9-11.4.7.0.1.2.0 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-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 tkinterUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-test | Nov 6, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution existsUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-develUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-libsUpgrade tkinter | Oct 31, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libpython3_6m1_0Upgrade python3-32bitUpgrade python3-tkUpgrade python-tkUpgrade python-gdbmUpgrade python-cursesUpgrade python36Upgrade libpython3_6m1_0-32bitUpgrade python-baseUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade python3-idleUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-x86Upgrade libpython2_6-1_0Upgrade python3-baseUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade python3-develUpgrade python36-baseUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade python3-cursesUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python-docUpgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python-base-x86Upgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python3Upgrade python-xmlUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-idleUpgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python-demoUpgrade python-x86Upgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0 | Aug 18, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3.9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.4-minimalUpgrade python3.7-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimalUpgrade python3.11-minimalUpgrade python3.6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12Upgrade python3.6-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimalUpgrade python3.11-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11Upgrade python3.8Upgrade python3.9-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python2.7Upgrade python3.5Upgrade python3.4Upgrade python3.10-minimalUpgrade python3.12-minimalUpgrade python3.11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.10 | 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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