Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-67.0.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PLATFORMPYTHON-8097163
  • published26 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?

Upgrade Oracle:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-67.0.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1