CVE-2012-0845
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5 · CWE-399
5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/ ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/Patch
- http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/Patch
- http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/Patch
- http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/Patch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
- http://bugs.python.org/issue14001Exploit