CVE-2018-1060

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

• CWE-20

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.python.org/issue32981Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1060Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1Product, Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1Product, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_usThird Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725Third Party Advisory
• https://bugs.python.org/issue32981Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1060Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
• https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1Product, Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1Product, Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_usThird Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307Third Party Advisory
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlThird Party Advisory

Published

Jun 18, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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