CVE-2024-8088

Public on 2024-08-22
Modified on 2025-02-03
Description
There is a severity vulnerability affecting the CPython "zipfile"
module.

When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods
of "zipfile.ZipFile" like "namelist()", "iterdir()", "extractall()", etc)
the process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted
zip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting
the contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling
user-controlled zip archives are not affected.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.2
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python Not Affected
Amazon Linux 1 python27 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.11 2024-12-12 ALAS2023-2024-788 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.9 2024-12-12 ALAS2023-2024-790 Fixed
Amazon Linux 1 python38 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 2024-11-13 ALAS2PYTHON3.8-2024-016 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H