CVE-2024-6232
Public on 2024-09-03
Modified on 2024-09-11
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.
Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
Severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python26 | Not Affected | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python27 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | python3 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.11 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | python3.9 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python34 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python35 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python36 | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 1 | python38 | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra | python38 | Pending Fix |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |