vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-6232): Python vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 3, 2024 | Sep 17, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 3, 2024
Added
Sep 17, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
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References
Rapid7 Labs
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