| Name | CVE-2023-26112 |
| Description | 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.
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| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1034152 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| configobj (PTS) | jessie | 5.0.6-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 5.0.6-2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 5.0.6-3 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 5.0.6-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 5.0.8-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 5.0.9-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| configobj | source | (unstable) | 5.0.8-2 | unimportant | | 1034152 |
Notes
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-CONFIGOBJ-3252494
https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/issues/232
https://github.com/DiffSK/configobj/pull/236
Negligible security impact
[stretch] - configobj <no-dsa> (Minor issue and upstream may dispute / not patch)
[jessie] - configobj <no-dsa> (Minor issue and upstream may dispute / not patch)