Bug 2309426 (CVE-2024-6232) - CVE-2024-6232 python: cpython: tarfile: ReDos via excessive backtracking while parsing header values [NEEDINFO]
Summary: CVE-2024-6232 python: cpython: tarfile: ReDos via excessive backtracking whil...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-6232
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2310088 2310089 2310090 2310091 2310092 2310093 2310094 2310095
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-09-03 13:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2024-10-11 12:29 UTC (History)
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A regular expression denial of service (ReDos) vulnerability was found in Python's tarfile module. Due to excessive backtracking while tarfile parses headers, an attacker may be able to trigger a denial of service via a specially crafted tar archive.
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mijjapur: needinfo? (prodsec-dev)

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:6924 0 None None None 2024-09-23 08:07:48 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7035 0 None None None 2024-09-24 08:32:00 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7046 0 None None None 2024-09-24 11:15:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7047 0 None None None 2024-09-24 11:51:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7059 0 None None None 2024-09-24 14:57:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7060 0 None None None 2024-09-24 14:57:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7093 0 None None None 2024-09-25 02:21:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7119 0 None None None 2024-09-25 14:26:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7154 0 None None None 2024-09-25 21:25:14 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7155 0 None None None 2024-09-25 21:25:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7157 0 None None None 2024-09-25 23:53:45 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7158 0 None None None 2024-09-25 23:54:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7384 0 None None None 2024-09-30 13:53:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7385 0 None None None 2024-09-30 14:08:31 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7388 0 None None None 2024-09-30 14:35:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7560 0 None None None 2024-10-02 21:02:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7569 0 None None None 2024-10-03 00:31:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7627 0 None None None 2024-10-03 12:11:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7630 0 None None None 2024-10-03 13:22:46 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7631 0 None None None 2024-10-03 13:31:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7754 0 None None None 2024-10-07 13:42:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:7857 0 None None None 2024-10-09 12:02:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6909 0 None None None 2024-09-23 01:54:53 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:6975 0 None None None 2024-09-24 02:58:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:7415 0 None None None 2024-10-01 02:29:29 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:7647 0 None None None 2024-10-03 18:24:22 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-09-03 13:20:31 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-23 01:54:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:6909 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6909
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2024-09-24 02:58:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2024:6975 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6975
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-01 02:29:28 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:7415 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7415
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2024-10-03 18:24:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:7647 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:7647
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