Resource Exhaustion Affecting python package, versions <0:2.7.5-34.el7
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHON-2053023
- published 26 Jul 2021
- disclosed 25 Sep 2012
Introduced: 25 Sep 2012
CVE-2013-1752 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Centos:7 python to version 0:2.7.5-34.el7 or higher.
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:7 relevant fixed versions and status.
Rejected reason: Various versions of Python do not properly restrict readline calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long string, related to (1) httplib - fixed in 2.7.4, 2.6.9, and 3.3.3; (2) ftplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (3) imaplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (4) nntplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (5) poplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; and (6) smtplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, not yet fixed in 3.3.x. NOTE: this was REJECTed because it is incompatible with CNT1 "Independently Fixable" in the CVE Counting Decisions