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CVE-2024-6232 There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
CPython 3.13 3.13.0a1 → < 3.13.0rc2 3.13.0rc2
CPython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.6 3.12.6
CPython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.10 3.11.10
CPython 3.10 3.10.0 → < 3.10.15 3.10.15
CPython 3.9 3.9.0 → < 3.9.20 3.9.20
CPython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.20 3.8.20
cpython 3.13 3.13.0a1 → < 3.13.0rc2 3.13.0rc2
cpython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.6 3.12.6
cpython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.10 3.11.10
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
cpython 3.10 3.10.0 → < 3.10.15 3.10.15
cpython 3.9 3.9.0 → < 3.9.20 3.9.20
cpython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.20 3.8.20

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