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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Mar 14, 2018
Added
Nov 6, 2018
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-pythonoracle-linux-upgrade-python-debugoracle-linux-upgrade-python-develoracle-linux-upgrade-python-libsoracle-linux-upgrade-python-testoracle-linux-upgrade-python-toolsoracle-linux-upgrade-tkinter
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