Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3.11-devel package, versions <0:3.11.9-7.el9_5.3


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-PYTHON311DEVEL-9674084
  • published9 Apr 2025
  • disclosed19 Aug 2024

Introduced: 19 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-7592  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 python3.11-devel to version 0:3.11.9-7.el9_5.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2025-3634.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.11-devel package and not the python3.11-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module.

When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1