BIT-python-min-2024-6232
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- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/python-min/BIT-python-min-2024-6232.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-python-min-2024-6232
- Aliases
- Published
- 2025-01-17T15:05:38.715Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-11T14:45:07.720125Z
- Summary
- Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
- Details
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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.
- Database specific
{ "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ], "severity": "High" }- References
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- 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/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6232
Affected packages
Bitnami / python-min
Package
- Name
- python-min
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/python-min
Severity
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator