Bug#1003142: nltk: CVE-2021-3842

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: nltk
Version: 3.6.5-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil at debian.org, Debian Security Team <team at security.debian.org>

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for nltk.

CVE-2021-3842[0]:
| nltk is vulnerable to Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3842
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3842
[1] https://huntr.dev/bounties/761a761e-2be2-430a-8d92-6f74ffe9866a
[2] https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/2a50a3edc9d35f57ae42a921c621edc160877f4d

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore