An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser...
Vulnerability Description
An exploitable denial-of-service vulnerability exists in the X509 certificate parser of Python.org Python 2.7.11 / 3.6.6. A specially crafted X509 certificate can cause a NULL pointer dereference, resulting in a denial of service. An attacker can initiate or accept TLS connections using crafted certificates to trigger this vulnerability.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2019-0758