Security Bulletin: Publicly disclosed vulnerability from Python affects IBM Netezza Host Management

Summary

Python is used by IBM Netezza Host Management. This bulletin provides mitigation for the reported CVE.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2019-20907
**DESCRIPTION:**Python is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a flaw in the tarfile module in Lib/tarfile.py. By persuading a victim to open a specially-craft a TAR archive, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to enter into an infinite loop.
CVSS Base score: 5.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/185442 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

None

Workarounds and Mitigations

This flaw can be mitigated by not opening untrusted files with tarfile.