CVE-2024-6232

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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.

7.5 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285 Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286 Issue Tracking Patch
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

04 Sep 2024, 21:15

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References
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d -
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877 -

04 Sep 2024, 15:01

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 - () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 - Patch
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 - () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 - Patch
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf - () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf - Patch
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 - () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 - Patch
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285 - () https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285 - Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286 - () https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/ - () https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/ - Vendor Advisory
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Summary
  • (es) Existe una vulnerabilidad de gravedad MEDIA que afecta a CPython. Las expresiones regulares que permitían un retroceso excesivo durante el análisis del encabezado tarfile.TarFile son vulnerables a ReDoS a través de archivos tar manipulados específicamente.
CPE cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5

03 Sep 2024, 15:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 -
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 -
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf -
  • () https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 -

03 Sep 2024, 13:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2024-09-03 13:15

Updated : 2024-09-04 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2024-6232

Mitre link : CVE-2024-6232

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-6232

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Products Affected

python

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CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity