CVE-2019-5010

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 43
Modified
Published: 31 Oct 2019, 20:05
Last modified:04 Aug 2024, 19:40

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
41/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
5.36% LOW
5% probability -0.66%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Oct 2019, 20:05
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
04 Aug 2024, 19:40
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
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 5.36%• Percentile: 90%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-476•NULL Pointer Dereference

    The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    9.0

  • opensuse•leap

    15.1

  • python•python

    ≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.16 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.10 | ≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.7 | ≥ 3.6.0, < 3.6.9 | ≥ 3.7.0, < 3.7.3

  • redhat•enterprise_linux

    8.0

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_eus

    8.1 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_aus

    8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6

  • redhat•enterprise_linux_server_tus

    8.2 | 8.4 | 8.6

References (8)