ALPINE-CVE-2018-1060

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CVE-2018-1060
Published: 18 Jun 2018, 14:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:13

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jun 2018, 14:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:13
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python2

    < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0 | < 2.7.15-r0

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.5.6-r0 | < 3.6.5-r0 | < 3.6.5-r0 | < 3.6.6-r0

References (1)