CVE-2019-20907

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-20907
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-13 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:09:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager All All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Volumes Ontap Mediator - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Volumes Ontap Mediator - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Application Oracle Zfs Storage Appliance Kit 8.8 All All All
Application Python Python All All All All
Application Python Python All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2019-20907 Python Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python35-3.5.9-9.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1265-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1258-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python27-2.7.18-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python38-3.8.5-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python3-docs-3.8.5-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4428-1: Python vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python3-3.7.8-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python39-3.9.0~b5-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2456-1] python3.5 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-2.7.18-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Issue 39017: Infinite loop in the tarfile module - Python tracker CONFIRM bugs.python.org Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python35-3.5.9-9.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 3432-1] python2.7 security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Python: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202008-01) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python34-3.4.10-11.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python3-docs-3.8.5-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python35-3.5.9-9.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-python3-3.8.3-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: mingw-python3-3.8.3-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python39-3.9.0~b5-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python3-3.7.8-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python34-3.4.10-11.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python39-3.9.0~b5-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python36-3.6.11-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python38-3.8.5-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python36-3.6.11-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1257-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python36-3.6.11-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python2-2.7.18-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1254-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python35-3.5.9-9.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python37-3.7.8-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python27-2.7.18-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python39-3.9.0~b5-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2337-1] python2.7 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
bpo-39017 Fix infinite loop in the tarfile module by rishi93 · Pull Request #21454 · python/cpython · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python36-3.6.11-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python37-3.7.8-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159654 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 (ELSA-2020-4641)
  • 159683 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ELSA-2020-4654)
  • 181802 Debian Security Update for python2.7 (DLA 3432-1)
  • 198293 Ubuntu Security Notification for Python2.7, Python3.7, Python3.8 Vulnerabilities (USN-4754-3)
  • 239171 Red Hat Update for python (RHSA-2021:0881)
  • 296072 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 25.75.3 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 356271 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python38 : ALASPYTHON3.8-2023-008
  • 375669 F5 BIG-IP ASM,LTM,APM BIG-IP Python Tarfile Library Vulnerability (K78284681)
  • 377387 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0080)
  • 377488 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python3 (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0186)
  • 377543 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for python (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0183)
  • 500593 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
  • 504343 Alpine Linux Security Update for python3
  • 690464 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for python (2cb21232-fb32-11ea-a929-a4bf014bf5f7)
  • 730227 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3426, WP-3427, WP-3307, WP-3444, WP-3452, WP-3475)
  • 750463 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2333-1)
  • 750464 OpenSUSE Security Update for python3 (openSUSE-SU-2020:2332-1)
  • 770068 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 Security Update (RHSA-2021:0436)
  • 900115 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python2 2.7.18
  • 900127 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for python3 3.7.7
  • 901888 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python2 (6825-1)
  • 902988 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python3 (1868)
  • 903138 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for python2 (1910)
  • 940032 AlmaLinux Security Update for python27:2.7 (ALSA-2020:4654)
  • 940166 AlmaLinux Security Update for python3 (ALSA-2020:4433)
  • 940211 AlmaLinux Security Update for python38:3.8 (ALSA-2020:4641)
  • 960347 Rocky Linux Security Update for python38:3.8 (RLSA-2020:4641)
  • 960365 Rocky Linux Security Update for python27:2.7 (RLSA-2020:4654)
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