7.5 CVE-2024-6232

Patch Exploit
 

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.
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6232

Categories

CWE-1333 : Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Some regular expression engines have a feature called "backtracking". If the token cannot match, the engine "backtracks" to a position that may result in a different token that can match.

References


 

CPE

cpe start end
Configuration 1
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* <= 3.12.5
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*


REMEDIATION


Patch

Url
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392...
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f0...
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c...
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d25...
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286


EXPLOITS


Exploit-db.com

id description date
No known exploits

POC Github

Url
No known exploits

Other Nist (github, ...)

Url
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285


CAPEC


Common Attack Pattern Enumerations and Classifications

id description severity
492 Regular Expression Exponential Blowup