CVE-2024-0450

NameCVE-2024-0450
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3771-1, DLA-3772-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python2.7 (PTS)buster2.7.16-2+deb10u1vulnerable
buster (security)2.7.16-2+deb10u4fixed
bullseye2.7.18-8+deb11u1vulnerable
python3.11 (PTS)bookworm3.11.2-6vulnerable
trixie3.11.8-1fixed
sid3.11.9-1fixed
python3.12 (PTS)trixie3.12.2-1fixed
sid3.12.3-1fixed
python3.7 (PTS)buster3.7.3-2+deb10u3vulnerable
buster (security)3.7.3-2+deb10u7fixed
python3.9 (PTS)bullseye3.9.2-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python2.7sourcebuster2.7.16-2+deb10u4DLA-3771-1
python2.7source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.10source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.11source(unstable)3.11.8-1
python3.12source(unstable)3.12.2-1
python3.7sourcebuster3.7.3-2+deb10u7DLA-3772-1
python3.7source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.9source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[bullseye] - python2.7 <ignored> (Unsupported in Bullseye, only included to build a few applications)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/110016
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba (v3.13.0a3)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b (v3.12.2)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549 (v3.11.8)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85 (v3.10.14)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51 (v3.9.19)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/

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