DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-20907
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2020-07-13T13:15:10Z
Modified
2026-09-09T07:02:24Z
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
[none]
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 _proc_pax lacks header validation.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / pypy3

Package

Name
pypy3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.3.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907.json"

Debian:13 / pypy3

Package

Name
pypy3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.3.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907.json"

Debian:14 / pypy3

Package

Name
pypy3
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/pypy3?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7.3.3+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-20907.json"