Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.alma.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.87% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PLATFORMPYTHON-8094168
  • published25 Sept 2024
  • disclosed23 Oct 2024

Introduced: 25 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-6232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.alma.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:6975.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream platform-python package and not the platform-python package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1