Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
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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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-6232US | high7.5 | Exploit | ||
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.
Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReD… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5ADVISORY
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64dFIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbfFIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373FIX
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