CVEs-PoC/2018/CVE-2018-1061.md

### [CVE-2018-1061](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1061)
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### Description

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method.  An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3817-2/

#### Github
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