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CVE-2024-6232
September 03, 2024
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
Related Resources (15)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-6232
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-6232
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
CWE-1333
EPSS
Base Score:
2.39