CVE-2024-0450
Medium
Description
An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.2
Exploit probability—
ProductCPython
PublishedMar 19, 2024
First seenMar 19, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-405CWE-405
How to fix
Update
- Python Software Foundation CPython3.8.19, 3.9.19, 3.10.14, 3.11.8, 3.12.2, 3.13.0a3 or later
Patches
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation CPython | v < 3.8.19, 3.9.0 ≤ v < 3.9.19, 3.10.0 ≤ v < 3.10.14, 3.11.0 ≤ v < 3.11.8, 3.12.0 ≤ v < 3.12.2, 3.13.0a1 ≤ v < 3.13.0a3 | 3.8.19, 3.9.19, 3.10.14, 3.11.8, 3.12.2, 3.13.0a3 |
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