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Debian: CVE-2019-20907: pypy3, python2.7, python3.9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-20907: pypy3, python2.7, python3.9 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/13/2020
Created
08/25/2020
Added
08/24/2020
Modified
07/03/2024

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-pypy3
  • debian-upgrade-python2-7
  • debian-upgrade-python3-9

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