CVE-2012-0845

SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header.

• CWE-399

• http://bugs.python.org/issue14001Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
• http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51089
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/13/4
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026689
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789790
• http://bugs.python.org/issue14001Exploit
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
• http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
• http://secunia.com/advisories/51089
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/13/4
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026689
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789790

Published

Oct 5, 2012

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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