Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.113724
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Python <= 3.8.3 DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X
Summary:	Python is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: Python is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: An attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation would allow an attacker to deny legitimate users access to the application or exhaust a system's resources. Affected Software/OS: Python through version 3.8.3. Solution: Updates are available. Please see the references for more information. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2019-20907 https://bugs.python.org/issue39017 https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21454 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200731-0002/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YILCHHTNLH4GG4GSQBX2MZRKZBXOLCKE/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PDKKRXLNVXRF6VGERZSR3OMQR5D5QI6I/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTBKKOLFFNHG6CM4ACDX4APHSD5ZX5N4/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TOGKLGTXZLHQQFBVCAPSUDA6DOOJFNRY/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CTUNTBJ3POHONQOTLEZC46POCIYYTAKZ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YSL3XWVDMSMKO23HR74AJQ6VEM3C2NTS/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE4O3PNDNNOMSKHNUKZKD3NGHIFUFDPX/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V3TALOUBYU2MQD4BPLRTDQUMBKGCAXUA/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36XI3EEQNMHGOZEI63Y7UV6XZRELYEAU/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXI72HIHMXCQFWTULUXDG7VDA2BCYL4Y/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V53P2YOLEQH4J7S5QHXMKMZYFTVVMTMO/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT4AF72TJ2XNIKCR4WEBR7URBJJ4YZRD/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXHCY4V3LPAAJOBCJ26ISZ4NUXQXTUZ/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNHPQGSP2YM3JAUD2VAMPXTIUQTZ2M2U/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-01 https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00032.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1254 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00051.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1257 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00052.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1258 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00053.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1265 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00056.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/4428-1/
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