Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3-tkinter package, versions <0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.rocky.0


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON3TKINTER-8134280
  • published1 Oct 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 Rocky-Linux:8 python3-tkinter to version 0:3.6.8-67.el8_10.rocky.0 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:6975.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-tkinter package and not the python3-tkinter package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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 Scores

version 3.1