CVE-2019-5010
Published: August 31, 2023Last modified: August 31, 2023
Description
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | python3 | Not affected (3.11.5-r0) |
| Stream | python3 | Not affected (3.11.5-r0) |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0758