CVE-2018-1060 (GCVE-0-2018-1060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-18 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 03:44
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://bugs.python.org/issue32981 x_refsource_CONFIRM
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https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.ht… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.ht… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html x_refsource_MISC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
[UNKNOWN] python Affected: python 2.7.15
Affected: python 3.4.9
Affected: python 3.5.6
Affected: python 3.7.0
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    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2018-1060",
    "datePublished": "2018-06-18T14:00:00.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2017-12-04T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T03:44:12.002Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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}


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Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.