CVE-2019-20907

CVE-2019-20907

Name

CVE-2019-20907

Description

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation.

NVD Severity

medium

Other trackers

CVE, NVD, CERT, CVE Details, CIRCL, Arch Linux, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE (Bugzilla), SUSE (CVE), Mageia

Mailing lists

oss-security, full-disclosure, bugtraq

Exploits

Exploit DB, Metasploit

Forges

GitHub (code, issues), Aports (code, issues)

Type	URI
Issue Tracking	https://bugs.python.org/issue39017
Patch	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21454
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT4AF72TJ2XNIKCR4WEBR7URBJJ4YZRD/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXHCY4V3LPAAJOBCJ26ISZ4NUXQXTUZ/
Third Party Advisory	https://usn.ubuntu.com/4428-1/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSL3XWVDMSMKO23HR74AJQ6VEM3C2NTS/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE4O3PNDNNOMSKHNUKZKD3NGHIFUFDPX/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TOGKLGTXZLHQQFBVCAPSUDA6DOOJFNRY/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V3TALOUBYU2MQD4BPLRTDQUMBKGCAXUA/
Third Party Advisory	https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0002/
Third Party Advisory	https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-01
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILCHHTNLH4GG4GSQBX2MZRKZBXOLCKE/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDKKRXLNVXRF6VGERZSR3OMQR5D5QI6I/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTBKKOLFFNHG6CM4ACDX4APHSD5ZX5N4/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNHPQGSP2YM3JAUD2VAMPXTIUQTZ2M2U/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V53P2YOLEQH4J7S5QHXMKMZYFTVVMTMO/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTUNTBJ3POHONQOTLEZC46POCIYYTAKZ/
Third Party Advisory	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36XI3EEQNMHGOZEI63Y7UV6XZRELYEAU/
Mailing List	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
Mailing List	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00051.html
Mailing List	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00052.html
Mailing List	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00053.html
Mailing List	http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00056.html
FEDORA	https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXI72HIHMXCQFWTULUXDG7VDA2BCYL4Y/
MLIST	https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00032.html
MISC	https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html

Type

URI

Issue Tracking

https://bugs.python.org/issue39017

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21454

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT4AF72TJ2XNIKCR4WEBR7URBJJ4YZRD/

Third Party Advisory

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXHCY4V3LPAAJOBCJ26ISZ4NUXQXTUZ/

Third Party Advisory

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4428-1/