ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20907
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907
Upstream
Published
2020-07-13T13:15:10.763Z
Modified
2026-06-09T21:31:31.501846732Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 procpax lacks header validation.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.12
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.13
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.14
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.15
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.16
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.17
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.18
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.19
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.20
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.21
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.22
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.23
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"
Alpine:v3.24
python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/python3?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2019-20907.json"