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 s…
Medium CVSS 6.5
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.
In-depth triage
No in-depth report has been generated yet (DR-003 v2 AI pipeline is under construction).
Affected products
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Sources
- NVD DATABASE
Original Links
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/ 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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327 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://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061 Issue Tracking
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html Mailing List
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html Mailing List
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/ 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
Timeline
- nvd_ingest NVD