CVE-2012-0845
Public on 2012-05-21
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2012-05-21 | ALAS-2012-80 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | 2012-07-05 | ALAS-2012-98 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | 2012-05-21 | ALAS-2012-81 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |