NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting python package, versions [,2.7.12)[3.0.0, 3.4.10)[3.5.0, 3.5.7)[3.6.0,3.6.9)[3.7.0, 3.7.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.73% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PYTHON-2317669
  • published14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed31 Oct 2019
  • creditColin Read, Nicolas Edet

Introduced: 31 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-5010  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade python to version 2.7.12, 3.4.10, 3.5.7, 3.6.9, 3.7.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Scores

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