Improper Input Validation Affecting python3.4 package, versions <3.4~b3-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.91% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-PYTHON34-306420
  • published22 Apr 2014
  • disclosed22 Apr 2014

Introduced: 22 Apr 2014

CVE-2013-7338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 python3.4 to version 3.4~b3-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.4 package and not the python3.4 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Python before 3.3.4 RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a file size value larger than the size of the zip file to the (1) ZipExtFile.read, (2) ZipExtFile.read(n), (3) ZipExtFile.readlines, (4) ZipFile.extract, or (5) ZipFile.extractall function.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1