CVE - CVE-2018-14647

CVE-ID
CVE-2018-14647	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Python's elementtree C accelerator failed to initialise Expat's hash salt during initialization. This could make it easy to conduct denial of service attacks against Expat by constructing an XML document that would cause pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consuming large amounts CPU and RAM. Python 3.8, 3.7, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 2.7 are believed to be vulnerable.
References
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MISC:https://bugs.python.org/issue34623 CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14647 DEBIAN:DSA-4306 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4306 DEBIAN:DSA-4307 URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4307 BID:105396 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105396 SECTRACK:1041740 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041740
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Entry Created
20180727	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20180727)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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