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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-6232: ELSA-2024-6975: python3 security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2024-6232: ELSA-2024-6975: python3 security update (MODERATE) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/03/2024
Created
10/24/2024
Added
10/16/2024
Modified
11/21/2024

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. 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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-idle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-rpm-macros
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-11-tkinter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-idle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-rpm-macros
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-12-tkinter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-cffi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-chardet
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-cryptography
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-idle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-idna
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-lxml
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-mod-wsgi
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-numpy
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-numpy-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-numpy-f2py
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pip
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pip-wheel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-ply
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-psutil
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-psycopg2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-psycopg2-doc
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-psycopg2-tests
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pycparser
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pymysql
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pysocks
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-pyyaml
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-requests
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-rpm-macros
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-scipy
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-setuptools
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-setuptools-wheel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-six
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-tkinter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-toml
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-urllib3
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-wheel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python39-wheel-wheel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-debug
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-idle
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-libs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-test
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-tkinter
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-python-unversioned-command

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