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authorChristian Heimes <christian@python.org>2019-01-15 22:47:42 (GMT)
committerMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>2019-01-15 22:47:42 (GMT)
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bpo-35746: Fix segfault in ssl's cert parser (GH-11569)
Fix a NULL pointer deref in ssl module. The cert parser did not handle CRL distribution points with empty DP or URI correctly. A malicious or buggy certificate can result into segfault. Signed-off-by: Christian Heimes <christian@python.org> https://bugs.python.org/issue35746
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+[CVE-2019-5010] Fix a NULL pointer deref in ssl module. The cert parser did
+not handle CRL distribution points with empty DP or URI correctly. A
+malicious or buggy certificate can result into segfault.