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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2019-20907: Vulnerability in Python

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2019-20907: Vulnerability in Python

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/13/2020
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/19/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

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)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-legacy-library-python-tkinter-35-3-5-9-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-legacy-runtime-python-35-3-5-9-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-2-tkinter-27-2-7-3-11-4-0-0-1-9-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-tkinter-27-2-7-18-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-library-python-tkinter-37-3-7-5-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-runtime-python-27-2-7-18-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-runtime-python-27-tests-2-7-18-11-4-25-0-1-75-2
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-runtime-python-37-3-7-5-11-4-25-0-1-75-2

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