Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python39-wheel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PYTHON39WHEEL-7896044
  • published4 Sept 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?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 python39-wheel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python39-wheel package and not the python39-wheel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos: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.

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