httplib unlimited read¶
Limit the HTTP header readline.
- Disclosure date: 2009-08-28 (Python issue bpo-6791 reported)
- Red Hat impact: Moderate
Fixed In¶
- Python 2.7.2 (2011-06-11) fixed by commit d7b6ac6 (branch 2.7) (2010-12-18)
- Python 3.1.4 (2011-06-11) fixed by commit ff1bbba (branch 3.2) (2010-12-18)
- Python 3.2.0 (2011-02-20) fixed by commit 5466bf1 (branch 3.3) (2010-12-18)
Python issue¶
httplib read status memory usage.
- Python issue: bpo-6791
- Creation date: 2009-08-28
- Reporter: sumar
CVE-2013-1752¶
** REJECT ** 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.
- CVE ID: CVE-2013-1752
- Published: 2019-06-03
- CVSS Score: 5.0
Timeline¶
Timeline using the disclosure date 2009-08-28 as reference:
- 2009-08-28: Python issue bpo-6791 reported by sumar
- 2010-12-18 (+477 days): commit 5466bf1 (branch 3.3)
- 2010-12-18 (+477 days): commit d7b6ac6 (branch 2.7)
- 2010-12-18 (+477 days): commit ff1bbba (branch 3.2)
- 2011-02-20: Python 3.2.0 released
- 2011-06-11 (+652 days): Python 2.7.2 released
- 2011-06-11 (+652 days): Python 3.1.4 released
- 2019-06-03 (+3566 days): CVE-2013-1752 published