Bug 2310093

Summary:	CVE-2024-6232 python3.7: tarfile: ReDos via excessive backtracking while parsing header values [fedora-all]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Robb Gatica <rgatica>
Component:	python3.7	Assignee:	Python Maintainers <python-maint>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	40	CC:	cstratak, mhroncok, python-maint, python-packagers-sig, thrnciar, torsava, vstinner
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security, SecurityTracking
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	{"flaws": ["5b923549-53bd-4644-83d9-cb92cf0ba7a0"]}
Fixed In Version:		Doc Type:	No Doc Update
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Last Closed:	2024-09-11 12:17:31 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	2309426

Description Robb Gatica 2024-09-05 00:12:25 UTC

More information about this security flaw is available in the following bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2309426

Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.

Comment 1 Tomas Orsava 2024-09-11 12:17:31 UTC

Python 3.7 is only in Fedora 39 and we do not plan to fix medium CVEs there any longer.