Improper Input Validation Affecting python2.7 package, versions <2.7.13-2+deb9u4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.11% (85th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-PYTHON27-584362
- published 14 Jul 2020
- disclosed 13 Jul 2020
Introduced: 13 Jul 2020
CVE-2019-20907 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
python2.7
to version 2.7.13-2+deb9u4 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2.7
package and not the python2.7
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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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