VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2024-6232
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.20%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.20%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.20% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- python/python
- Source
- cna@python.org
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64dPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbfPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.