Python CVE-2018-1060 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	104495
Class:	Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE:	CVE-2018-1060
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 14 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Mar 14 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	James Davis
Vulnerable:	Redhat Software Collections for RHEL 0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 + Trustix Secure Enterprise Linux 2.0 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.2 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.0 Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 Python Software Foundation Python 3.6.4 Python Software Foundation Python 3.6.3 Python Software Foundation Python 3.6 Python Software Foundation Python 3.5.5 Python Software Foundation Python 3.5.2 Python Software Foundation Python 3.5 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.8 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.5 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.3 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.2 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.1 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.14 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.12 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.10 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.9 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.8 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.7 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.6 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.3 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.2 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7 Python Software Foundation Python 3.7.0 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.5 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.4 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.1
Not Vulnerable:	Python Software Foundation Python 3.6.5 Python Software Foundation Python 3.5.6 Python Software Foundation Python 3.4.9 Python Software Foundation Python 2.7.15

Python CVE-2018-1060 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Python is prone to a remote denial-of-service vulnerability.

An attacker may exploit this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions.

Versions prior to Python 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6, 3.6.5 and 3.7.0 are vulnerable.

Python CVE-2018-1060 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Python CVE-2018-1060 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

Python CVE-2018-1060 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• python home page (python)
  
• Catastrophic backtracking in poplib (CVE-2018-1060) and difflib (CVE-2018-1061) (Python)
  
• CVE-2018-1060 (Redhat)
  
• CVE-2018-1060 python: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in ap (Redhat)