PyPi: Python

CVE-2018-1060

Safety vulnerability ID: 45654

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Jun 18, 2018 Updated at Dec 03, 2024

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Advisory

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.

Affected package

python

Latest version: 0.9.8

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.5

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.5

Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C): NONE
Integrity Impact (I): NONE
Availability Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.0

Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (Au): NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C): NONE
Integrity Impact (I): NONE
Availability Impact (A): PARTIAL