CVE-2018-1061
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.5 Medium
- Published
- Jun 19, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 4, 2017
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | 6.5 Medium | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
python[UNKNOWN] |
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References
- DSA-4306vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061
- 1042001vdb-entry
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180926 [SECURITY] [DLA 1520-1] python3.4 security updatemailing-list
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981
- USN-3817-2vendor-advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1
- RHSA-2018:3505vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2018:3041vendor-advisory
- DSA-4307vendor-advisory
- USN-3817-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20180925 [SECURITY] [DLA 1519-1] python2.7 security updatemailing-list
- FEDORA-2019-6e1938a3c5vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-cf725dd20bvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-51f1e08207vendor-advisory
- RHBA-2019:0327vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:1260vendor-advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- RHSA-2019:3725vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0086vendor-advisory
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