ghsa-mmm5-wgvp-wp8r
Vulnerability from github
Published
2024-09-03 15:30
Modified
2025-11-04 00:31
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

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.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-6232"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-09-03T13:15:05Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
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  "id": "GHSA-mmm5-wgvp-wp8r",
  "modified": "2025-11-04T00:31:20Z",
  "published": "2024-09-03T15:30:44Z",
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
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}


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