Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3-idle package, versions <0:3.6.8-21.el7_9.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHON3IDLE-8745208
  • published24 Feb 2025
  • 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 RHEL:7 python3-idle to version 0:3.6.8-21.el7_9.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2025:1750.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-idle package and not the python3-idle package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 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