Resource Exhaustion Affecting python2-pykmip package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHON2PYKMIP-5241381
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed24 Apr 2018

Introduced: 24 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-1000872  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 python2-pykmip.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-pykmip package and not the python2-pykmip package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.