| Severity | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE ID | CVE-2018-1000030 |
| CVSSv3 |
8.5 [CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C] |
| CWE ID |
CWE-119 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | N/A |
| Vulnerable software |
Gentoo Linux |
| Vulnerable software versions |
Gentoo Linux - |
| Vendor URL | Gentoo |
The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to race condition. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges on the target system.
Update the affected packages.
dev-lang/python to version: 2.7.15