CVE-2024-6232

2024-09-0313:15:05

Alpine Linux Development Team

security.alpinelinux.org

cpython

vulnerability

redos

tarfile

parsing

unix

CVSS3

7.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

JSON

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.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Alpineedge-mainnoarchpython3< 3.12.6-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.17-mainnoarchpython3< 3.10.15-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.18-mainnoarchpython3< 3.11.10-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.19-mainnoarchpython3< 3.11.10-r0UNKNOWN
Alpine3.20-mainnoarchpython3< 3.12.6-r0UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
Alpine	edge-main	noarch	python3	< 3.12.6-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.17-main	noarch	python3	< 3.10.15-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.18-main	noarch	python3	< 3.11.10-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.19-main	noarch	python3	< 3.11.10-r0	UNKNOWN
Alpine	3.20-main	noarch	python3	< 3.12.6-r0	UNKNOWN