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CVE-2018-1061

Public on 2018-04-26
Modified on 2019-07-01
Description

A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python 2019-06-25 21:04 ALAS2-2019-1230
Amazon Linux 1 python27 2018-04-26 17:28 ALAS-2018-1003
Amazon Linux 1 python27 2018-12-06 00:22 ALAS-2018-1108
Amazon Linux 1 python34 2018-04-26 17:28 ALAS-2018-1003
Amazon Linux 1 python35 2018-04-26 17:28 ALAS-2018-1003
Amazon Linux 1 python36 2018-04-26 17:28 ALAS-2018-1003

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H