CVE-2024-6232

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6232
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-6232.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-6232
Aliases
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openSUSE (8)
RHBA (1)
RHSA (19)
RLSA (7)
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UBUNTU (1)
Related
ALSA (10)
openSUSE (8)
SUSE (12)
Published
2024-09-03T12:29:00Z
Modified
2026-11-04T02:46:29Z
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
Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
Details

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.

Database specific 
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    "unresolved_ranges": [
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                            "fixed": "3.8.20"
                        },
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                        },
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                            "fixed": "3.9.20"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "3.10.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "3.10.15"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "3.11.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "3.11.10"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "3.12.0"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "3.12.6"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "3.13.0a1"
                        },
                        {
                            "fixed": "3.13.0rc2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                    "strategy": "StandardRange"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/python/cpython

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/python/cpython
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06
Fixed
743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4
Fixed
d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf
Fixed
ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373
Fixed
7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
Fixed
b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
Fixed
34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4
Database specific
Show details 
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    ]
}

Affected versions

v0.*
v0.9.8
v0.9.9
v1.*
v1.0.1
v1.0.2
v1.1
v1.1.1
v1.2
v1.2b1
v1.2b2
v1.2b3
v1.2b4
v1.3
v1.3b1
v1.4
v1.4b1
v1.4b2
v1.4b3
v1.5
v1.5.1
v1.5.2
v1.5.2a1
v1.5.2a2
v1.5.2b1
v1.5.2b2
v1.5.2c1
v1.5a1
v1.5a2
v1.5a3
v1.5a4
v1.5b1
v1.5b2
v1.6a1
v1.6a2
v2.*
v2.0
v2.0b1
v2.0b2
v2.0c1
v2.1
v2.1a1
v2.1a2
v2.1b1
v2.1b2
v2.1c1
v2.1c2
v2.2a3
v2.3c1
v2.3c2
v2.4
v2.4a1
v2.4a2
v2.4a3
v2.4b1
v2.4b2
v2.4c1
v3.*
v3.0a1
v3.0a2
v3.0a3
v3.0a4
v3.0a5
v3.0b1
v3.0b2
v3.0b3
v3.0rc1
v3.0rc2
v3.0rc3
v3.1
v3.10.0a1
v3.10.0a7
v3.10.0b1
v3.10.0b2
v3.10.0b3
v3.10.0b4
v3.10.0rc1
v3.10.0rc2
v3.10.1
v3.10.10
v3.10.11
v3.10.12
v3.10.13
v3.10.14
v3.10.2
v3.10.3
v3.10.4
v3.10.5
v3.10.6
v3.10.7
v3.10.8
v3.10.9
v3.11.0a3
v3.11.0a4
v3.11.0a5
v3.11.0a6
v3.11.0a7
v3.11.0b1
v3.11.0b2
v3.11.0b3
v3.11.0b4
v3.11.0b5
v3.11.0rc1
v3.11.0rc2
v3.11.1
v3.11.2
v3.11.3
v3.11.4
v3.11.5
v3.11.6
v3.11.7
v3.11.8
v3.11.9
v3.12.0
v3.12.0a1
v3.12.0a2
v3.12.0a3
v3.12.0a4
v3.12.0a5
v3.12.0a6
v3.12.0a7
v3.12.0b1
v3.12.0b2
v3.12.0b3
v3.12.0b4
v3.12.0rc1
v3.12.0rc2
v3.12.0rc3
v3.12.1
v3.12.2
v3.12.3
v3.12.4
v3.12.5
v3.13.0a1
v3.13.0a2
v3.13.0a3
v3.13.0a4
v3.13.0a5
v3.13.0a6
v3.13.0b1
v3.13.0b2
v3.13.0b3
v3.13.0b4
v3.13.0rc1
v3.1a1
v3.1a2
v3.1b1
v3.1rc1
v3.1rc2
v3.2a1
v3.2a2
v3.2a3
v3.2a4
v3.2b1
v3.2b2
v3.2rc1
v3.2rc2
v3.2rc3
v3.3.0a2
v3.3.0a3
v3.3.0a4
v3.3.0b1
v3.3.0b2
v3.3.0rc1
v3.3.0rc2
v3.3.0rc3
v3.4.0a1
v3.4.0a2
v3.4.0a3
v3.4.0a4
v3.4.0b1
v3.4.0b2
v3.4.0b3
v3.5.0a1
v3.5.0a2
v3.5.0a3
v3.5.0a4
v3.5.0b1
v3.6.0a3
v3.6.0b1
v3.7.0a2
v3.8.0rc1
v3.8.11
v3.8.12
v3.8.13
v3.8.14
v3.8.15
v3.8.16
v3.8.17
v3.8.18
v3.8.19
v3.8.3
v3.8.3rc1
v3.8.5
v3.8.8
v3.8.8rc1
v3.9.0a2
v3.9.0b1
v3.9.0b3
v3.9.0b5
v3.9.11
v3.9.12
v3.9.13
v3.9.14
v3.9.15
v3.9.16
v3.9.17
v3.9.18
v3.9.19
v3.9.2
v3.9.2rc1
v3.9.5
v3.9.6
v3.9.7
v3.9.8
v3.9.9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-6232.json"