CVE-2024-6232

7.5 HIGH

Published: September 03, 2024 Modified: November 03, 2025

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373

Source: cna@python.org

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285

Source: cna@python.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286

Source: cna@python.org

Issue Tracking Patch

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/

Source: cna@python.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

13 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

3.0%

86th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1333 CWE-1333

Affected Vendors

python

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