CVE-2024-6232
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
03/09/2024
Last modified:
20/03/2025
Description
There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.<br />
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Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.8.20 (excluding) | |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.9.0 (including) | 3.9.20 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.10.0 (including) | 3.10.15 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.11.0 (including) | 3.11.10 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.12.0 (including) | 3.12.6 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/