Bug 1671857 (CVE-2017-18361) - CVE-2017-18361 python-colander: infinite loop in the URL validator
Summary: CVE-2017-18361 python-colander: infinite loop in the URL validator
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-18361
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On: 1671858 1671859
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-02-01 22:04 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:07 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: python-colander 1.7.0
Doc Type: If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:47:11 UTC
Embargoed:

Attachments (Terms of Use)

Description Laura Pardo 2019-02-01 22:04:08 UTC 
In Pylons Colander through 1.6, the URL validator allows an attacker to potentially cause an infinite loop thereby causing a denial of service via an unclosed parenthesis.


References:
https://github.com/Pylons/colander/issues/290

Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/Pylons/colander/pull/323
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2019-02-01 22:04:26 UTC 
Created python-colander tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1671859]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1671858]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:47:11 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.