Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3-tools package, versions <0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHON3TOOLS-8383008
  • published16 Nov 2024
  • disclosed3 Sept 2024

Introduced: 3 Sep 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python3-tools to version 0:3.7.16-1.amzn2.0.8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2694.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-tools package and not the python3-tools package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 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.

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