68739 : Python smptd Module smtpd.py Race Condition TCP Connection Termination Multiple Error Remote DoS
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Disclosure Date
2009-08-14

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-3493" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Multiple race conditions in smtpd.py in the smtpd module in Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2 alpha allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) by establishing and then immediately closing a TCP connection, leading to the accept function having an unexpected return value of None, an unexpected value of None for the address, or an ECONNABORTED, EAGAIN, or EWOULDBLOCK error, or the getpeername function having an ENOTCONN error, a related issue to CVE-2010-3492.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Denial of Service, Race Condition
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Solution Unknown

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2010-10-20 | Disagree?

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