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.
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History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2018-06-19T12:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T03:51:48.415Z

Reserved: 2017-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-1061

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-19T12:29:00.220

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:55:47.970

Link: CVE-2018-1061

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-1061 - Bugzilla