NVD

CVE-2024-6232 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.5 HIGH

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06	Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4	Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf	Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373	Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285	Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286	Issue Tracking Patch
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-1333	Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity	NIST Python Software Foundation

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Change History

4 change records found show changes

Initial Analysis by NIST 9/04/2024 11:01:04 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		Record truncated, showing 500 of 747 characters. View Entire Change Record OR cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::* versions up to (including) 3.12.5 cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5::::::* cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6::::::* *cpe:2.3:a:python:py
Added	CVSS V3.1		NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		NIST CWE-1333
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06 Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4 Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373 Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286 No Types Assigned	https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286 Issue Tracking, Patch
Changed	Reference Type	https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/ No Types Assigned	https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/ Vendor Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2024-6232
NVD Published Date:
09/03/2024
NVD Last Modified:
09/04/2024
Source:
Python Software Foundation

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CVE-2024-6232 Detail

Description

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Weakness Enumeration

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

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Change History

CVE Modified by Python Software Foundation 9/04/2024 5:15:14 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 9/04/2024 11:01:04 AM

CVE Modified by Python Software Foundation 9/03/2024 11:15:16 AM

New CVE Received by NIST 9/03/2024 9:15:05 AM

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