CVE-2018-1061CWE-20

CVE-2018-1061

Medium · published June 19, 2018

CVSS v3.0
6.5
EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04916 · 92.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-06-19T16:29Z
Affected products (27)
ProductVersionsFixed in
python/python< 2.7.152.7.15
python/python≥ 3.0, < 3.4.93.4.9
python/python≥ 3.5.0, ≤ 3.5.5—
python/python≥ 3.6, ≤ 3.6.4—
python/pythonall versions—
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canonical/ubuntu_linuxall versions—
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fedoraproject/fedoraall versions—
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References (42)
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EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUN 12:00Z
    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
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