poplib unlimited read¶
poplib: unlimited read from connection.
- Disclosure date: 2012-09-25 (Python issue bpo-16041 reported)
- Red Hat impact: Moderate
Fixed In¶
- Python 2.7.9 (2014-12-10) fixed by commit faad6bb (branch 2.7) (2014-12-06)
- Python 3.2.6 (2014-10-11) fixed by commit eaca861 (branch 3.2) (2014-09-30)
- Python 3.3.7 (2017-09-19) fixed by commit eaca861 (branch 3.2) (2014-09-30)
- Python 3.4.3 (2015-02-23) fixed by commit eaca861 (branch 3.2) (2014-09-30)
- Python 3.5.0 (2015-09-09) fixed by commit eaca861 (branch 3.2) (2014-09-30)
Python issue¶
poplib: unlimited readline() from connection.
- Python issue: bpo-16041
- Creation date: 2012-09-25
- Reporter: Christian Heimes
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 2012-09-25 as reference:
- 2012-09-25: Python issue bpo-16041 reported by Christian Heimes
- 2014-09-30 (+735 days): commit eaca861 (branch 3.2)
- 2014-10-11 (+746 days): Python 3.2.6 released
- 2014-12-06 (+802 days): commit faad6bb (branch 2.7)
- 2014-12-10 (+806 days): Python 2.7.9 released
- 2015-02-23 (+881 days): Python 3.4.3 released
- 2015-09-09: Python 3.5.0 released
- 2017-09-19 (+1820 days): Python 3.3.7 released
- 2019-06-03 (+2442 days): CVE-2013-1752 published