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 pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-libs | Apr 27, 2020 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade python34Upgrade python27Upgrade python27Upgrade python36Upgrade python35 | Apr 27, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade python-debugUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-testUpgrade python-libsUpgrade tkinterUpgrade pythonUpgrade 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 python-develUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python | Feb 22, 2019 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade tkinterUpgrade python-develUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-libs | 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 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 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 11.4Upgrade runtime/python-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 pythonUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-debugUpgrade python-libsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-test | Nov 6, 2018 | Mar 14, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade python-testUpgrade pythonUpgrade tkinterUpgrade python-libsNo solution existsUpgrade python-toolsUpgrade python-develUpgrade python-debuginfoUpgrade python-debug | Oct 31, 2018 | Jun 18, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade python3-testsuiteUpgrade python-base-32bitUpgrade python3-cursesUpgrade python3Upgrade libpython2_7-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-base-x86Upgrade python-doc-pdfUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-32bitUpgrade python-docUpgrade python-x86Upgrade python3-toolsUpgrade python-develUpgrade libpython2_7-1_0Upgrade python-demoUpgrade python-idleUpgrade python-xmlUpgrade python3-32bitUpgrade python3-develUpgrade python-32bitUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0Upgrade python3-tkUpgrade python-cursesUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0-x86Upgrade libpython3_4m1_0Upgrade python3-idleUpgrade libpython3_6m1_0-32bitUpgrade python3-dbmUpgrade pythonUpgrade python-tkUpgrade libpython2_6-1_0Upgrade python-baseUpgrade libpython3_4m1_0-32bitUpgrade python36Upgrade python3-baseUpgrade python3-base-32bitUpgrade python36-baseUpgrade python-gdbm | Aug 18, 2018 | Apr 26, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade python3.5-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12Upgrade python3.5-minimalUpgrade python3.6-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.5 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimalUpgrade python3.9 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11Upgrade python3.7 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.11-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8-minimalUpgrade python3.4-minimalUpgrade python3.8Upgrade python3.7-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.6 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.12-minimalUpgrade python2.7Upgrade python3.5Upgrade python3.9-minimal (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python2.7-minimalUpgrade python3.10Upgrade python3.4Upgrade python3.10-minimalUpgrade python3.11 (Ubuntu Pro)Upgrade python3.8 (Ubuntu Pro) | 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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