Unlimited read from connection in nntplib.
Dates:
Disclosure date: 2012-09-25 (Python issue bpo-16040 reported)
Red Hat impact: Moderate
Python 2.6.9 (2013-10-29) fixed by commit 42faa55 (branch 2.7) (2013-09-30)
Python 2.7.6 (2013-11-10) fixed by commit 42faa55 (branch 2.7) (2013-09-30)
Python 3.2.6 (2014-10-12) fixed by commit b3ac843 (branch 3.2) (2014-10-12)
Python 3.3.7 (2017-09-19) fixed by commit b3ac843 (branch 3.2) (2014-10-12)
Python 3.4.3 (2015-02-25) fixed by commit b3ac843 (branch 3.2) (2014-10-12)
Python 3.5.0 (2015-09-12) fixed by commit b3ac843 (branch 3.2) (2014-10-12)
nntplib: unlimited readline() from connection.
Python issue: bpo-16040
Creation date: 2012-09-25
Reporter: Christian Heimes
** 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 using the disclosure date 2012-09-25 as reference:
2012-09-25: Python issue bpo-16040 reported by Christian Heimes
2013-09-30 (+370 days): commit 42faa55 (branch 2.7)
2013-10-29 (+399 days): Python 2.6.9 released
2013-11-10 (+411 days): Python 2.7.6 released
2014-10-12 (+747 days): commit b3ac843 (branch 3.2)
2014-10-12 (+747 days): Python 3.2.6 released
2015-02-25 (+883 days): Python 3.4.3 released
2015-09-12: Python 3.5.0 released
2017-09-19 (+1820 days): Python 3.3.7 released
2019-06-03 (+2442 days): CVE-2013-1752 published
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