CVE-2012-0845

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/51089

http://secunia.com/advisories/51087

http://secunia.com/advisories/51040

http://secunia.com/advisories/51024

http://secunia.com/advisories/50858

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

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

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

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

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3