Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3-idle package, versions <0:3.6.8-67.el8_10
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.11% (45th
percentile)
Do your applications use this vulnerable package?
In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.
Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3IDLE-7895918
- published 4 Sep 2024
- disclosed 3 Sep 2024
Introduced: 3 Sep 2024
CVE-2024-6232 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-idle to version 0:3.6.8-67.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:6975.
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: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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6232
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/
CVSS Scores
version 3.1