Medium
CVE-2018-1061
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.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2018-1061
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2018-1061
python
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"vendor": "[UNKNOWN]",
"product": "python",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "python 2.7.15"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "python 3.4.9"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "python 3.5.6"
},
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "python 3.7.0"
}
]
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2018-1061
Source reference:
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Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #29881 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date