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Bug 939206 (CVE-2024-6232) - <dev-lang/python-{3.8.20,3.9.20,3.10.15,3.11.10,3.12.6,3.13.0_rc2}, dev-python/pypy3_9, <dev-python/pypy3_10-7.3.17_p1: Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
Summary: <dev-lang/python-{3.8.20,3.9.20,3.10.15,3.11.10,3.12.6,3.13.0_rc2}, dev-pytho...
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: CVE-2024-6232
Product: Gentoo Security
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Security
URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-...
Whiteboard: A3 [stable]
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Depends on: 939207 939208 939209 939279 939283 939213
Blocks:
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Reported: 2024-09-07 06:37 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified: 2024-09-08 06:53 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2024-09-07 06:37:51 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.