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.
History

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First Time appeared Python
Python python
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Python
Python python
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 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.
Title Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PSF

Published: 2024-09-03T12:29:00.102Z

Updated: 2024-09-07T02:44:49.241Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T21:01:55.524Z

Link: CVE-2024-6232

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-09-03T20:02:40.422Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-03T13:15:05.363

Modified: 2024-09-04T21:15:14.480

Link: CVE-2024-6232

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-09-03T13:15:05Z

Links: CVE-2024-6232 - Bugzilla