Improper Initialization Affecting python package, versions *


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.44% (75th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS6-PYTHON-1995137
  • published 26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed 22 Sep 2018

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 python.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python package and not the python package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15.