File _patchinfo of Package patchinfo.7723
<patchinfo incident="7723">
<issue id="1088004" tracker="bnc">VUL-1: CVE-2018-1061: python,python3: DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib</issue>
<issue id="1088009" tracker="bnc">VUL-1: CVE-2018-1060: python,python3: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib</issue>
<issue id="2018-1060" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="2018-1061" tracker="cve" />
<issue id="1107030" tracker="bnc">python3 builds without -fwrapv option</issue>
<issue tracker="bnc" id="1086001">python tarfile uses random order</issue>
<category>security</category>
<rating>moderate</rating>
<packager>mcepl</packager>
<description>This update for python3 provides the following fixes:
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-1061: Prevent catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK
method. An attacker could have used this flaw to cause denial of service
(bsc#1088004).
- CVE-2018-1060: Prevent catastrophic backtracking in pop3lib's apop() method.
An attacker could have used this flaw to cause denial of service (bsc#1088009).
These non-security issues were fixed:
- Sort files and directories when creating tarfile archives so that they are created in a
more predictable way. (bsc#1086001)
- Add -fwrapv to OPTS (bsc#1107030)
</description>
<summary>Security update for python3</summary>
</patchinfo>