ALPINE-CVE-2019-5010

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CVE-2019-5010
Published: 31 Oct 2019, 21:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:50

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

31 Oct 2019, 21:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:50
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.

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-r3 | < 2.7.15-r3 | < 2.7.15-r3 | < 2.7.15-r3

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1 | < 3.6.8-r1

  • alpine•python3-tkinter

    < 3.6.8-r1

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