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CVE-2024-0450

Quoted zip-bomb protection for zipfile

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.8.19, 3.9.19, 3.10.14, 3.11.8, 3.12.2, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Python Software Foundation CPython

    fixed in 3.8.19; From 3.9.0 · fixed in 3.9.19; From 3.10.0 · fixed in 3.10.14; From 3.11.0 · fixed in 3.11.8; From 3.12.0 · fixed in 3.12.2; From 3.13.0a1 · fixed in 3.13.0a3

References 15

GitHub · python/cpython

bamsoftware.com

mail.python.org

lists.debian.org

openwall.com

lists.fedoraproject.org