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Red Hat: CVE-2019-5010: CVE-2019-5010 python: NULL pointer dereference using a specially crafted X509 certificate (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2019
Added
Aug 7, 2019
Modified
Aug 11, 2025

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.

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