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SUSE-SU-2018:3554-2 Not scored

Security update for python, python-base

This update for python, python-base fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-1000802: Prevent command injection in shutil module (make_archive function) via passage of unfiltered user input (bsc#1109663). - 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). Bug fixes: - bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.

Exploit probability Not scored
Published December 10, 2018
Required by Not available
Last source change February 4, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 python-base
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-base
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-doc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-base
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-doc
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 python-base
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 python-base

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities SUSE-SU-2018:3554-2

This update for python, python-base fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2018-1000802: Prevent command injection in shutil module (make_archive function) via passage of unfiltered user input (bsc#1109663). - 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). Bug fixes: - bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.

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05 / REFERENCES

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