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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-1060) ELSA-2018-3041: python security and bug fix update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2018-1060) ELSA-2018-3041: python security and bug fix update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/26/2018
Created
05/08/2019
Added
11/06/2018
Modified
11/23/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-tools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-tkinter

References

  • ELSA-2018-3041
  • DSA-4306
  • DSA-4307
  • USN-3817-1
  • USN-3817-2
  • CVE-2018-1060

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