National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0845

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789790

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789790

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1616-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1615-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1613-2

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1613-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1596-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1592-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026689

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026689

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120213 Re: CVE Request -- python (SimpleXMLRPCServer): DoS (excessive CPU usage) via malformed XML-RPC / HTTP POST request

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/13/4

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51089

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51089

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51087

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51087

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51040

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51040

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 51024

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/51024

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50858

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50858

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://bugs.python.org/issue14001

Hyperlink:http://bugs.python.org/issue14001