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+Regexes in difflib and poplib were vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking.
+These regexes formed potential DOS vectors (REDOS). They have been
+refactored. This resolves CVE-2018-1060 and CVE-2018-1061.
+Patch by Jamie Davis.