Packages
- mpmath - library for arbitrary-precision floating-point arithmetic
Details
It was discovered Mpmath incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Mpmath to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service.
It was discovered Mpmath incorrectly handled certain regular expressions.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Mpmath to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 20.04 LTS focal | python3-mpmath – 1.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| 18.04 LTS bionic | python-mpmath – 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| python3-mpmath – 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
| 16.04 LTS xenial | python-mpmath – 0.19-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | ||
| python3-mpmath – 0.19-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | |||
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