DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1061

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-1061
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1061.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1061
Upstream
Published
2018-06-19T12:29:00.220Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:01:53.002189Z
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

Name
python2.7
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/python2.7?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.14-7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1061.json"