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Python Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities June18 (Mac OS X)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

5 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with python and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws exist due to, - Failing to sanitize against backtracking in pop3lib's apop method. - Failing to sanitize against backtracking in 'difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK' method.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6 and 3.7.0.beta3 on Mac OS X

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Python 2.7.15 or 3.4.9 or 3.5.6 or 3.7.0.beta3. Please see the references for more information.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)