CVE-2018-1060
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jun 18, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2017
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
python[UNKNOWN] |
|
References
- DSA-4306vendor-advisory
- 1042001vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180926 [SECURITY] [DLA 1520-1] python3.4 security updatemailing-list
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981
- USN-3817-2vendor-advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1
- RHSA-2018:3505vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1060
- RHSA-2018:3041vendor-advisory
- DSA-4307vendor-advisory
- USN-3817-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1519-1] python2.7 security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2019-6e1938a3c5vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-cf725dd20bvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-51f1e08207vendor-advisory
- RHBA-2019:0327vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:1260vendor-advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- RHSA-2019:3725vendor-advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0086vendor-advisory
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