CVE-2018-1061

2018-06-1900:00:00

ubuntu.com

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.006 Low

EPSS

Percentile

78.8%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://bugs.python.org/issue32981>

Notes

Author	Note
mdeslaur	same commits as CVE-2018-1060

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu14.04noarchpython2.7< 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.5UNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchpython2.7< 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.4UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchpython3.4< 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7UNKNOWN
ubuntu14.04noarchpython3.5< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchpython3.5< 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.5UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	python2.7	< 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.5	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	python2.7	< 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.4	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	python3.4	< 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	14.04	noarch	python3.5	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	python3.5	< 3.5.2-2ubuntu0~16.04.5	UNKNOWN