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cve-2018-1061

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-06-19 12:00

Modified

2024-08-05 03:51

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

References

▼	URL	Tags
	https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://bugs.python.org/issue32981	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
	https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU
	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT
	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html	vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	[UNKNOWN]	python

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    "assignerOrgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749",
    "assignerShortName": "redhat",
    "cveId": "CVE-2018-1061",
    "datePublished": "2018-06-19T12:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2017-12-04T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T03:51:48.415Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
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cve-2018-1060