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LIN1018-6427 : Security Advisory - python - CVE-2019-20907

Created: Jul 13, 2020 Updated: May 13, 2022

Resolved Date: Jul 30, 2020

Found In Version: 10.18.44.1

Fix Version: 10.18.44.18

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 18

Component/s: Userspace

Description

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.

CREATE(Triage):(User=admin) CVE-2019-20907 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20907)

CVEs

CVE-2019-20907