USN-7040-2

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7040-2

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7040-2.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-7040-2

Related

Published

2024-10-14T15:57:06.411704Z

Modified

2024-10-14T15:57:06.411704Z

Summary

configobj vulnerability

Details

USN-7040-1 fixed a vulnerability in ConfigObj. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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:14.04:LTS / configobj

Package

Name: configobj
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj?arch=src?distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.7.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

4.*

4.7.2+ds-5

4.7.2+ds-5build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4.7.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-configobj"
        }
    ]
}