CVE-2013-1752
mediumrejectedpriority · track · 0DEUSRejected reason: Various versions of Python do not properly restrict readline calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long string, related to (1) httplib - fixed in 2.7.4, 2.6.9, and 3.3.3; (2) ftplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (3) imaplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (4) nntplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (5) poplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; and (6) smtplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, not yet fixed in 3.3.x. NOTE: this was REJECTed because it is incompatible with CNT1 "Independently Fixable" in the CVE Counting Decisions
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- WID-SEC-W-2025-2521Python: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2015-06-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Python ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder Code zur Ausführung zu bringen.
- PSF-2019-1smtplib unlimited read2019-06-03vendor · osvUS
The smtplib module doesn't limit the amount of read data in its call to readline(). An erroneous or malicious SMTP server can trick the smtplib module to consume large amounts of memory.
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