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python-pykmip — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000872

OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.

Products
python-pykmip
Affected versions
0.10.0-10, 0.10.0-3, 0.10.0-4, 0.10.0-5, 0.10.0-6, 0.10.0-8, 0.10.0-9, 0.4.0-1, 0.4.0-2, 0.5.0-4build2, 0.6.0-1, 0.7.0-2, 0.8.0-0ubuntu1, 0.9.1-2
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2018-1000872
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 00:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000872

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2018, 17:29 UTC

OpenKMIP PyKMIP version All versions before 0.8.0 contains a CWE 399: Resource Management Errors (similar issue to CVE-2015-5262) vulnerability in PyKMIP server that can result in DOS: the server can be made unavailable by one or more clients opening all of the available sockets. This attack appear to be exploitable via A client or clients open sockets with the server and then never close them. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 0.8.0.

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Complete source record
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