CVE-2018-1061
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1061
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1061.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-1061
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-06-19T12:29:00.220Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-10T14:31:50.938365Z
- 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.ISLINEJUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.
- References
-
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JSKPGPZQNTAULHW4UH63KGOOUIDE4RRB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AEZ5IQT7OF7Q2NCGIVABOWYGKO7YU3NJ/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03951en_us
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/46PVWY5LFP4BRPG3BVQ5QEEFYBVEXHCK/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://docs.python.org/3.6/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-6-5-release-candidate-1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00030.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0327
- https://docs.python.org/3.5/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-5-6-release-candidate-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3041
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042001
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
- https://bugs.python.org/issue32981
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00031.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-1061
Affected packages
Git / github.com/python/cpython
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/python/cpython
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedIntroducedFixedIntroducedLast affectedIntroducedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedIntroduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "versions": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "2.7.15" }, { "introduced": "3.0" }, { "fixed": "3.4.9" }, { "introduced": "3.5.0" }, { "last_affected": "3.5.5" }, { "introduced": "3.6" }, { "last_affected": "3.6.4" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "3.7.0-rc1" }, { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "3.3" } ] }
Database specific
unresolved_ranges
[
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-alpha1"
}
]
},
{
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-alpha2"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-alpha3"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-alpha4"
}
]
},
{
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{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-beta1"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-beta2"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-beta3"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-beta4"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "3.7.0-beta5"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "8.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "9.0"
}
]
},
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},
{
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]
},
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"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "7.0"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "12.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "14.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "16.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "18.04"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "28"
}
]
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"last_affected": "29"
}
]
},
{
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{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
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}
]
}
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-1061.json"