CVE-2019-20907
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20907
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-20907.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-20907
- Aliases
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2020-07-13T13:15:10Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 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
- [none]
- Details
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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
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00056.html
- https://bugs.python.org/issue39017
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21454
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00032.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-01
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0002/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4428-1/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36XI3EEQNMHGOZEI63Y7UV6XZRELYEAU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXHCY4V3LPAAJOBCJ26ISZ4NUXQXTUZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNHPQGSP2YM3JAUD2VAMPXTIUQTZ2M2U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTUNTBJ3POHONQOTLEZC46POCIYYTAKZ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE4O3PNDNNOMSKHNUKZKD3NGHIFUFDPX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTBKKOLFFNHG6CM4ACDX4APHSD5ZX5N4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXI72HIHMXCQFWTULUXDG7VDA2BCYL4Y/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDKKRXLNVXRF6VGERZSR3OMQR5D5QI6I/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TOGKLGTXZLHQQFBVCAPSUDA6DOOJFNRY/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V3TALOUBYU2MQD4BPLRTDQUMBKGCAXUA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V53P2YOLEQH4J7S5QHXMKMZYFTVVMTMO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT4AF72TJ2XNIKCR4WEBR7URBJJ4YZRD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILCHHTNLH4GG4GSQBX2MZRKZBXOLCKE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSL3XWVDMSMKO23HR74AJQ6VEM3C2NTS/