CVE-2024-6232

Name
CVE-2024-6232
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.
NVD Severity
unknown
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)

References

Type URI
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286
issue-tracking https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
vendor-advisory https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
cna@python.org https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/

Match rules

CPE URI Source package Min version Max version
cpython >= 0 < 3.8.20
cpython >= 3.9.0 < 3.9.20
cpython >= 3.10.0 < 3.10.15
cpython >= 3.11.0 < 3.11.10
cpython >= 3.12.0 < 3.12.6
cpython >= 3.13.0a1 < 3.13.0rc2
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= None <= 3.12.5
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:* python == None == 3.13.0
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= None < 3.8.20
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.9.0 < 3.9.20
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.10.0 < 3.10.15
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.11.0 < 3.11.10
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* python >= 3.12.0 < 3.12.6

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Source package Branch Version Maintainer Status
python3 3.19-main 3.11.10-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed
python3 3.17-main 3.10.15-r0 Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org> fixed