python: cpython: tarfile: ReDos via excessive backtracking while parsing header values

A regular expression denial of service ReDos vulnerability was found in Python's tarfile module. Due to excessive backtracking while tarfile parses headers, an attacker may be able to trigger a denial of service via a specially crafted tar archive...

cpython3:fuzz_json_loads: Segv on unknown address in _Py_Dealloc

Project: https://github.com/python/cpython.git Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=6725673932881920 Project: cpython3 Fuzzing Engine: honggfuzz Fuzz Target: fuzzjsonloads Job Type: honggfuzzasancpython3 Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Segv on unknown address Crash Address: Crash...

Security Bulletin: IBM Observability with Instana for Synthetic PoP is affected by Multiple Security Vulnerabilities

Summary Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in IBM Observability with Instana for Synthetic PoP build 286 Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2023-37920 DESCRIPTION: An unspecified error with the removal of e-Tugra root certificate in Certifi has an unknown impact and attack vector. CWE:CWE-345:...

BIT-PYTHON-2024-8088 Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path

There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython "zipfile" module affecting "zipfile.Path". Note that the more common API "zipfile.ZipFile" class is unaffected. When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive for example, methods of "zipfile.Path" like "namelist", "iterdir", etc...

BIT-PYTHON-MIN-2024-8088 Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path

There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython "zipfile" module affecting "zipfile.Path". Note that the more common API "zipfile.ZipFile" class is unaffected. When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive for example, methods of "zipfile.Path" like "namelist", "iterdir", etc...

Medium: python3

Issue Overview: A vulnerability has been found in the CPython venv module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts ie "source venv/bin/activate". This means...

ALSA-2025:3631 Low: python3.12 security update

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. Security Fixes:...

Security Bulletin: There is a vulnerability in CPython used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite (CVE-2024-7592,CVE-2024-6232,CVE-2024-8775)

Summary There is a vulnerability in CPython used by IBM Maximo Manage application in IBM Maximo Application Suite. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2024-7592 DESCRIPTION: There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing...

cpython3:fuzz_pycompile: Use-of-uninitialized-value in mark_stacks

Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=6139262328438784 Project: cpython3 Fuzzing Engine: libFuzzer Fuzz Target: fuzzpycompile Job Type: libfuzzermsancpython3 Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Use-of-uninitialized-value Crash Address: Crash State: markstacks PyGCCollect PyHandlePending...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Python CPython affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge.

Summary Potential vulnerability in Python CPython has been identified that affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component. . The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information...

cpython Code Execution

The vulnerability of the cPython programming language in Python is related to the lack of measures taken to clean data at the control level. Exploiting this vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Medium: python

Issue Overview: An issue was found in the CPython zipfile module affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to "quoted-overlap" zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed...

cpython3:fuzz_json_loads: Use-of-uninitialized-value in mark_stacks

Project: https://github.com/python/cpython.git Detailed Report: https://oss-fuzz.com/testcase?key=5445337833865216 Project: cpython3 Fuzzing Engine: libFuzzer Fuzz Target: fuzzjsonloads Job Type: libfuzzermsancpython3 Platform Id: linux Crash Type: Use-of-uninitialized-value Crash Address: Crash...

Security Bulletin: Vulnerability in Python CPython affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component.

Summary Potential vulnerability in Python CPython has been identified that affects IBM watsonx Assistant Cartridge and IBM watsonx Orchestrate with watsonx Assistant Cartridge - Assistant Builder Component.. The vulnerability have been addressed. Refer to details for additional information...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-9287

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - A vulnerability has been found in the CPython venv module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowi...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6232

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-6923

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. The email module didn't properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8088

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython zipfile module affecting zipfile.Path. Note that the more common API zipfile.ZipFile class is...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-7592

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashe...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-5642

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - CPython 3.9 and earlier doesn't disallow configuring an empty list for SSLContext.setnpnprotocols which is an invalid value for the underlying OpenSSL API. This...