A null pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the certificate parsing code in Python. This causes a denial of service to applications when parsing specially crafted certificates. This vulnerability is unlikely to be triggered if application enables SSL/TLS certificate validation and accepts certificates only from trusted root certificate authorities.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python | 2019-06-25 21:04 | ALAS2-2019-1230 |
Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | 2019-03-21 19:25 | ALAS-2019-1169 |
Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python3 | 2019-03-07 05:56 | ALAS2-2019-1169 |
Amazon Linux 1 | python34 | 2019-03-21 19:25 | ALAS-2019-1169 |
Amazon Linux 1 | python35 | 2019-03-21 19:25 | ALAS-2019-1169 |
Amazon Linux 1 | python36 | 2019-03-21 19:25 | ALAS-2019-1169 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |