Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-1061): Python vulnerabilities
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
04/26/2018
03/19/2019
11/15/2018
02/03/2025
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)
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-10
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-10-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-11
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-11-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-12
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-12-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-6
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-6-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-7
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-7-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8-minimal
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-9
- ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-9-minimal
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