Resolved Bugs
1046174 – CVE-2013-1752 python: multiple unbound readline() DoS flaws in python stdlib
1159200 – CVE-2013-1752 python: multiple unbound readline() DoS flaws in python stdlib [fedora-all]<br
Security fix for CVE-2013-1752
multiple unbound readline() DoS flaws in python stdlib
following fixes (which all relates to this CVE) are in this patch:
* ftplib: Limit amount of data read by limiting the call to readline(). #16038
* imaplib: limit line length in imaplib readline calls. #16039
* nntplib: Limit maximum line lengths to 2048 to prevent readline() calls from consuming too much memory. #16040
* poplib: limit maximum line length that we read from the network #16041
* smtplib: limit amount read from the network #16042