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CVE-2018-1061: Input Validation

First published: Mon Feb 26 2018(Updated: )

Catastrophic backtracking vulnerability was found in Python. Exploitation of a regular expression in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in servers that use difflib can lead to denial of service. Upstream issue: <a href="https://bugs.python.org/issue32981">https://bugs.python.org/issue32981</a>

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Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
redhat/python<2.7.15
2.7.15
redhat/python<3.4.9
3.4.9
redhat/python<3.5.6
3.5.6
redhat/python<3.7.0
3.7.0
debian/python2.7
2.7.18-8+deb11u1
Python Programming Language<2.7.15
Python Programming Language>=3.0<3.4.9
Python Programming Language>=3.5.0<=3.5.5
Python Programming Language>=3.6<=3.6.4
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-alpha1
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-alpha2
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-alpha3
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-alpha4
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-beta1
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-beta2
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-beta3
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-beta4
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-beta5
Python Programming Language=3.7.0-rc1
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Red Hat Ansible Tower=3.3
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Fedoraproject Fedora=28
Fedoraproject Fedora=29
Fedoraproject Fedora=30
redhat ansible tower=3.3
redhat enterprise Linux desktop=7.0
redhat enterprise Linux server=7.0
redhat enterprise Linux workstation=7.0
Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Ubuntu Linux=18.04

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