Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting libpython3_11-1_0 package, versions <3.11.10-150600.3.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES156-LIBPYTHON31110-8089391
  • published25 Sept 2024
  • disclosed24 Sept 2024

Introduced: 24 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-6232  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.6 libpython3_11-1_0 to version 3.11.10-150600.3.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpython3_11-1_0 package and not the libpython3_11-1_0 package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.6 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

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