CVE-2012-0845

Public on 2012-05-21
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2012-05-21 ALAS-2012-80 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 python26 2012-07-05 ALAS-2012-98 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 python27 2012-05-21 ALAS-2012-81 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2012-0845 Mitre: CVE-2012-0845