SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1

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    SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1

    Published: 17 Aug 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for python

    Details: This update for python-base fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-1061: Fixed DoS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (bsc#1088004). - CVE-2018-1060: Fixed DoS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (bsc#1088009). - CVE-2016-5636: Fixed heap overflow in zipimporter module (bsc#985177) Bug fixes: - bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182408-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086001, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088004, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088009, https://bugzilla.suse.com/985177, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5636, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1060, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1061

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/python&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.9-40.15.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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