Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201814647000
Revision Date:2018-09-24Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-14647 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.
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.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-14647
Platform(s):Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) is installed.
  • AND Package Information
  • The 'python2.7' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '2.7.6-8ubuntu0.5').
  • OR The 'python3.4' package in trusty was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7').
  • OR The 'python3.5' package in trusty is affected and needs fixing.
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