CVE-2013-1753
It was discovered that the Python xmlrpclib did not restrict the size of a gzip compressed HTTP responses. A malicious XMLRPC server could cause an XMLRPC client using xmlrpclib to consume an excessive amount of memory.
Find out more about CVE-2013-1753 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of python as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 as their XMLRPC library did not include support for gzip encoded content.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python27-python) | RHSA-2015:1064 | 2015-06-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (python) | RHSA-2015:2101 | 2015-11-19 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-python34-python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | python33-python | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.5 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.4 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 4.3 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 | jython-eap6 | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | jython | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | python | Not affected |