CVE-2018-1060 Affecting python3.4 package, versions <3.4.2-1+deb8u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PYTHON34-306412
  • published18 Jun 2018
  • disclosed18 Jun 2018

Introduced: 18 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-1060  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 python3.4 to version 3.4.2-1+deb8u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.4 package and not the python3.4 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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