ubuntu-cve-2013-1752
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-12-26 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

Rejected 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

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "idle-python2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpython2.7",
            "binary_version": "2.7.6-8ubuntu0.2"
          },
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            "binary_name": "libpython2.7-minimal",
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      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
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        "2.7.5-8ubuntu4",
        "2.7.6-2",
        "2.7.6-2ubuntu1",
        "2.7.6-3",
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        "2.7.6-4",
        "2.7.6-4ubuntu1",
        "2.7.6-5",
        "2.7.6-7",
        "2.7.6-8"
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Rejected 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",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1752",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:38Z",
  "published": "2013-12-26T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1752"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=138816139322814\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security\u0026m=138784213903127\u0026w=2"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/26"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2653-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1752"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-2653-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-1752"
  ]
}



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