Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python-cffi package, versions <0:1.14.3-2.module+el8.10.0+1582+bc278001


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONCFFI-8308004
  • published26 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 python-cffi to version 0:1.14.3-2.module+el8.10.0+1582+bc278001 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:8359.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-cffi package and not the python-cffi 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 Base Scores

version 3.1