SB2019032154 - Fedora 28 update for python3
Published: March 21, 2019 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019032154
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
2
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9636)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing data in Unicode encoding with an incorrect netloc during NFKC normalization. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.
2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1060)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on he target system.The weakness exists due to the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in apop() method in pop3lib. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.