NVD

CVE-2018-1060 Detail

Modified

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Description

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score

CNA: Red Hat, Inc.

Base Score: 4.3 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 5.0 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260	Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.python.org/issue32981	Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1060	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1	Product Vendor Advisory
https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1	Product Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/	Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html	Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information	NIST
CWE-20	Improper Input Validation	Red Hat, Inc.

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-1060
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2018
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2018-1060 Detail

Description

Metrics

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/14/2024 1:11:53 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2023 9:55:47 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 7/28/2022 7:31:22 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/21/2020 5:15:14 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 1/15/2020 3:15:17 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/06/2019 8:15:11 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/09/2019 7:38:01 PM

CWE Remap by NIST 10/02/2019 8:03:26 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/21/2019 7:15:11 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/22/2019 11:29:00 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/25/2019 2:44:35 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 4/24/2019 2:29:08 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/15/2019 3:51:22 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/29/2019 10:29:01 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/29/2019 12:29:01 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 3/27/2019 1:29:00 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/16/2018 6:29:00 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/14/2018 6:29:02 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 11/07/2018 6:29:08 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/31/2018 6:30:44 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/29/2018 6:29:01 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/28/2018 6:29:02 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 9/26/2018 6:29:12 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 8/17/2018 4:29:15 PM

Reanalysis by NIST 8/17/2018 10:57:44 AM

Initial Analysis by NIST 8/10/2018 10:11:03 AM

Quick Info