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.
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LE4O3PNDNNOMSKHNUKZKD3NGHIFUFDPX/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NTBKKOLFFNHG6CM4ACDX4APHSD5ZX5N4/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OXI72HIHMXCQFWTULUXDG7VDA2BCYL4Y/ cve-icon cve-icon
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https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V3TALOUBYU2MQD4BPLRTDQUMBKGCAXUA/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V53P2YOLEQH4J7S5QHXMKMZYFTVVMTMO/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VT4AF72TJ2XNIKCR4WEBR7URBJJ4YZRD/ cve-icon cve-icon
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History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-07-13T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:53:09.456Z

Reserved: 2020-07-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2019-20907

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-07-13T13:15:10.763

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:39:39.460

Link: CVE-2019-20907

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-20907 - Bugzilla