Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python3.10 package, versions <3.10.12-1~22.04.6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2204-PYTHON310-7922967
  • published17 Sept 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 Ubuntu:22.04 python3.10 to version 3.10.12-1~22.04.6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.10 package and not the python3.10 package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:22.04 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