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SUSE: CVE-2018-1061: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-1061: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/26/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
08/18/2018
Modified
10/22/2021

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.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0
  • suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpython2_6-1_0-x86
  • suse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0
  • suse-upgrade-libpython2_7-1_0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_4m1_0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0
  • suse-upgrade-libpython3_6m1_0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python
  • suse-upgrade-python-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python-base
  • suse-upgrade-python-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python-base-x86
  • suse-upgrade-python-curses
  • suse-upgrade-python-demo
  • suse-upgrade-python-devel
  • suse-upgrade-python-doc
  • suse-upgrade-python-doc-pdf
  • suse-upgrade-python-gdbm
  • suse-upgrade-python-idle
  • suse-upgrade-python-tk
  • suse-upgrade-python-x86
  • suse-upgrade-python-xml
  • suse-upgrade-python3
  • suse-upgrade-python3-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python3-base
  • suse-upgrade-python3-base-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-python3-curses
  • suse-upgrade-python3-dbm
  • suse-upgrade-python3-devel
  • suse-upgrade-python3-idle
  • suse-upgrade-python3-testsuite
  • suse-upgrade-python3-tk
  • suse-upgrade-python3-tools

References

  • SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:2696-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3554-1
  • SUSE-SU-2018:3554-2
  • SUSE-SU-2020:0114-1
  • SUSE-SU-2020:0234-1
  • USN-3817-1
  • USN-3817-2
  • DSA-4306
  • DSA-4307
  • CVE-2018-1061
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