CVE-2018-1061

Name
CVE-2018-1061
Description
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.
NVD Severity
medium
Other trackers
CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia
Mailing lists
oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq
Exploits
Exploit DB, Metasploit
Forges
GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

References

Type URI
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061
Vendor Advisory https://bugs.python.org/issue32981
Vendor Advisory https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1
Vendor Advisory https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html
Mailing List https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306
Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
Mailing List https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
CONFIRM https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
REDHAT https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.7.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* python == None == 3.7.0
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.5.0 <= 3.5.5
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.0 < 3.4.9
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= None < 2.7.15
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.6 <= 3.6.4

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status