CVE-2018-1000807

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1000807
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-10-08 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-17 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionPython Cryptographic Authority pyopenssl version prior to version 17.5.0 contains a CWE-416: Use After Free vulnerability in X509 object handling that can result in Use after free can lead to possible denial of service or remote code execution.. This attack appear to be exploitable via Depends on the calling application and if it retains a reference to the memory.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 17.5.0.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Application Pyopenssl Pyopenssl All All All All
Application Pyopenssl Pyopenssl All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/commit/e73818600065821d588af475b024f4eb518c3509 github.com
fix a memory leak and a potential UAF and also #722 by reaperhulk · Pull Request #723 · pyca/pyopenssl · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-3813-1: pyOpenSSL vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1104-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981351 Python (pip) Security Update for pyopenssl (GHSA-p28m-34f6-967q)
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