# 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) vulnerabil

- Also known as: GHSA-GFV6-CJ92-G3HX, PYSEC-2018-22
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.0
- Published: 2018-12-20 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- pykmip (PyPI): fixed in 0.8.0

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, pykmip, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/OpenKMIP/PyKMIP/issues/430

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