CVE-2018-1060

python: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 14, 2018

Updated · October 9, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation