ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1061
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061
Upstream
Published
2018-06-19T12:29:00Z
Modified
2026-10-23T17:23:31Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.11
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.12
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.5
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.5.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.6
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.7
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.8
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.6-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"
Alpine:v3.9
python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.15-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2018-1061.json"