Out-of-bounds Read Affecting python-gdbm package, versions <2.7.18-150000.94.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.63% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHONGDBM-15076856
  • published24 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Jan 2026

Introduced: 23 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-13836  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python-gdbm to version 2.7.18-150000.94.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-gdbm package and not the python-gdbm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

When reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, the default behavior will be to use Content-Length. This allows a malicious server to cause the client to read large amounts of data into memory, potentially causing OOM or other DoS.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1