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
Downstream
Published
2018-06-19T12:29:00Z
Modified
2026-08-04T06:04:25Z
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

Debian:11 / python2.7

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown 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"