Gentoo FoundationMGASA-2018-0256Updated python packages fix security vulnerabilities
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.2%
Updated python packages fix security vulnerabilities: A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in Python’s pop3lib’s apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service (CVE-2018-1060). A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in Python’s difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service (CVE-2018-1061).
| OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mageia | 5 | noarch | python | < 2.7.15-1 | python-2.7.15-1.mga5 |
| Mageia | 6 | noarch | python | < 2.7.15-1 | python-2.7.15-1.mga6 |
Related
5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
79.2%