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Bug 830620 (CVE-2021-3842) - <dev-python/nltk-3.6.6: ReDoS vulnerability
Summary: <dev-python/nltk-3.6.6: ReDoS vulnerability
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: CVE-2021-3842
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal minor (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/2...
Whiteboard: B3 [noglsa]
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Depends on: 830641
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Reported: 2022-01-05 00:22 UTC by John Helmert III
Modified: 2023-01-19 15:39 UTC (History)
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Description John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2022-01-05 00:22:13 UTC 
CVE-2021-3842:

nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity

Please stabilize 3.6.6.
Comment 1 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-01-19 06:18:13 UTC 
Package removed (though we had removed the old version some time ago, sorry!).
Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2023-01-19 15:39:58 UTC 
Thanks! ReDoS -> noglsa