CVE-2012-0845

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    CVE-2012-0845

    Published: 5 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header.

    References: http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/, http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/, http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/, http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/, http://secunia.com/advisories/50858, http://secunia.com/advisories/51024, http://secunia.com/advisories/51040, http://secunia.com/advisories/51087, http://secunia.com/advisories/51089, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1, http://bugs.python.org/issue14001, http://python.org/download/releases/2.6.8/, http://python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/, http://python.org/download/releases/3.1.5/, http://python.org/download/releases/3.2.3/, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=789790, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/13/4, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026689

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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