Bug 940017 (CVE-2023-26112)

Summary:	<dev-python/configobj-5.0.9: ReDoS via the validate function
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	CONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	python
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-26112
Whiteboard:	B3 [glsa?]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	940016
Bug Blocks:

Description Michał Górny archtester

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

2024-09-22 10:28:22 UTC

cleanup done.