CVE-2019-20907

Updated: 2025-08-20 02:02:58.450634

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.


Links NIST CIRCL RHEL Ubuntu

Severity

Severity Score
CVSS Version 2.x MEDIUM 5.0
CVSS Version 3.x HIGH 7.5

Status

OS name Project name Version Score Severity Status Errata Last updated

Statement

EL 9 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760098218 2025-10-10 22:10:15
Ubuntu 16.04 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1759510077 2025-10-03 19:25:40
Ubuntu 16.04 python 3.6 7.5 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-07-25 02:04:23
Ubuntu 18.04 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1759510186 2025-10-03 19:25:39
Ubuntu 18.04 python 3.6 7.5 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-07-25 02:04:23
Ubuntu 20.04 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760093905 2025-10-10 11:00:00
Ubuntu 20.04 python 3.6 7.5 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-07-25 02:04:23
Ubuntu 22.04 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760094018 2025-10-10 22:10:17
Ubuntu 22.04 python 3.6 7.5 HIGH Already Fixed 2025-07-25 02:04:23
Ubuntu 24.04 python 2.7 7.5 HIGH Released CLSA-2025:1760094135 2025-10-10 22:10:14
Total: 31