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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2018-1061

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 t

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
redhat

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

[UNKNOWN] python

  • python 2.7.15affected
  • python 3.4.9affected
  • python 3.5.6affected
  • python 3.7.0affected

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