PSF-2019-1

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    PSF-2019-1

    Published: 3 Jun 2019Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2013-1752

    Summary: smtplib unlimited read

    Details: The smtplib module doesn't limit the amount of read data in its call to readline(). An erroneous or malicious SMTP server can trick the smtplib module to consume large amounts of memory.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1752, https://bugs.python.org/issue16038, https://bugs.python.org/issue16039, https://bugs.python.org/issue16040, https://bugs.python.org/issue16041, https://bugs.python.org/issue16042, https://bugs.python.org/issue6791

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -16d63202af35dadd652a5e3eae687ea709e95b11

    Affected versions

    2.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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    High