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Bug 940017 (CVE-2023-26112) - <dev-python/configobj-5.0.9: ReDoS via the validate function
Summary: <dev-python/configobj-5.0.9: ReDoS via the validate function
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: CVE-2023-26112
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-...
Whiteboard: B3 [glsa?]
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Depends on: 940016
Blocks:
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Reported: 2024-09-22 02:29 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified: 2024-09-23 05:51 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2024-09-22 02:29:10 UTC 
All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\). **Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file.
Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2024-09-22 10:28:22 UTC 
cleanup done.