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CVE-2019-20907

CVE-2019-20907

EPSS 6.3%
In 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.
Affected products
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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00051.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00052.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00053.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00056.htmlhttps://bugs.python.org/issue39017https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21454https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/11/msg00032.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.htmlhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/36XI3EEQNMHGOZEI63Y7UV6XZRELYEAU/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXHCY4V3LPAAJOBCJ26ISZ4NUXQXTUZ/https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNHPQGSP2YM3JAUD2VAMPXTIUQTZ2M2U/