Description
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15.
No analysis available yet.
Remediation
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-1834-1 | python2.7 security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-1835-1 | python3.4 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4306-1 | python2.7 security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4307-1 | python3.5 security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2018-6545 | Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. The vulnerability exists in Python versions 3.7.0, 3.6.0 through 3.6.6, 3.5.0 through 3.5.6, 3.4.0 through 3.4.9, 2.7.0 through 2.7.15. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3817-1 | Python vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-3817-2 | Python vulnerabilities |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-6891-1 | Python vulnerabilities |
References
History
Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-05T09:38:13.104Z
Reserved: 2018-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2018-14647
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Status : Modified
Published: 2018-09-25T00:29:00.703
Modified: 2024-11-21T03:49:30.067
Link: CVE-2018-14647
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Debian DLA
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