CVE-2018-1061
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.8%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-1061
To remediate CVE-2018-1061, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/python2—upgrade to 2.7.15-r0 or later
- Alpine/python3—upgrade to 3.5.6-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.7.14-7 or later
Is CVE-2018-1061 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.7.15-r0
- from 0, < 3.5.6-r0
- from 0, < 2.7.14-7
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |