CVE-2018-1060 Affecting libpython2_7-1_0 package, versions <2.7.17-7.32.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-LIBPYTHON2710-2727322
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

CVE-2018-1060  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 libpython2_7-1_0 to version 2.7.17-7.32.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpython2_7-1_0 package and not the libpython2_7-1_0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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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