Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6825.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-6825
Upstream
Published
2020-07-13T13:15:10Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:21:23.425296Z
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
Summary
CVE-2019-20907 affecting package python2 for versions less than 2.7.18-8
Details

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because procpax lacks header validation.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / python2

Package

Name
python2
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/python2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.7.18-8

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-6825.json"