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FreeBSD: VID-D74371D2-4FEE-11E9-A5CD-1DF8A848DE3D (CVE-2019-5010): Python -- NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

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FreeBSD: VID-D74371D2-4FEE-11E9-A5CD-1DF8A848DE3D (CVE-2019-5010): Python -- NULL pointer dereference vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/15/2019
Created
04/22/2019
Added
04/01/2019
Modified
11/07/2019

Description

Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.

From VID-D74371D2-4FEE-11E9-A5CD-1DF8A848DE3D:

Python Changelog:

bpo-35746: [CVE-2019-5010] Fix a NULL pointer deref in ssl module. The

cert parser did not handle CRL distribution points with empty DP or URI

correctly. A malicious or buggy certificate can result into segfault.

Vulnerability (TALOS-2018-0758) reported by Colin Read and Nicolas Edet

of Cisco.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-python27
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-python35
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-python36
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-python37

References

  • CVE-2019-5010
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0215-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:0223-1

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