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
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugs.python.org/issue32981Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061Issue Tracking
secalert@redhat.comhttps://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.python.org/issue32981Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307Third Party Advisory
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