{"id":"USN-7040-2","summary":"configobj vulnerability","details":"USN-7040-1 fixed a vulnerability in ConfigObj. This update\nprovides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that ConfigObj contains regex that is susceptible to\n catastrophic backtracking. An attacker could possibly use this issue to\n cause a regular expression denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-06-29T13:47:11.857295745Z","published":"2024-10-14T15:57:06Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26112"],"upstream":["CVE-2023-26112","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26112"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7040-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-26112"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"configobj","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/configobj?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4.7.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]}],"versions":["4.7.2+ds-5","4.7.2+ds-5build1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"python-configobj","binary_version":"4.7.2+ds-5ubuntu0.1~esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2023-26112","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"score":"low","type":"Ubuntu"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7040-2.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}