USN-7040-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7040-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7040-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-7040-1
Related
Published
2024-09-26T16:19:18.052241Z
Modified
2024-09-26T16:19:18.052241Z
Summary
configobj vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a regular expression denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / configobj

Package

Name
configobj
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj@5.0.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.16.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-configobj"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / configobj

Package

Name
configobj
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj@5.0.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.6-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-configobj"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / configobj

Package

Name
configobj
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj@5.0.6-4ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.6-4ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.6-3
5.0.6-3build1
5.0.6-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-4ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-configobj"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / configobj

Package

Name
configobj
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj@5.0.6-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.0.6-5ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.0.6-4
5.0.6-5

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.0.6-5ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-configobj"
        }
    ]
}