vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2018-14647): Python vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Sep 24, 2018 | Nov 15, 2018 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 24, 2018
Added
Nov 15, 2018
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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.
Solutions
ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-4-minimalubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5-minimal
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