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-debugUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade python34Upgrade python27Upgrade python27Upgrade python36Upgrade python35 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python-develUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-tools | 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-develUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinter | May 7, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-devel | Mar 11, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade 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 library/python/tkinter-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-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 11.4 | Feb 20, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade tkinterUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-test | Nov 6, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-develNo solution existsUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-testUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-libs | Oct 31, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade pythonUpgrade python-tkUpgrade python36-baseUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0-32bitUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade python3-32bitUpgrade python36Upgrade python3-develUpgrade python-baseUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0Upgrade python-gdbmUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0Upgrade python-cursesUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-x86Upgrade python3-tkUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade python3-idleUpgrade python3-baseUpgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python-demoUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-base-x86Upgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-docUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python3-cursesUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-32bitUpgrade python3Upgrade python-xmlUpgrade python-idleUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0Upgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade python-x86 | Aug 18, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3.9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.7-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.4-minimalUpgrade python3.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimalUpgrade python3.6-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5-minimalUpgrade python3.11Upgrade python3.8Upgrade python3.7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12Upgrade python3.11-minimalUpgrade python3.5-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.10-minimalUpgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.4Upgrade python3.10Upgrade python3.8 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5Upgrade python3.9-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12-minimalUpgrade python2.7 | 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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