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.
Find out more about CVE-2018-1060 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python) | RHSA-2018:3041 | 2018-10-30 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python35-python | Affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python27-python | Affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python34-python | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python36-python | Affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python | Will not fix |
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