CVE-2024-7592

NameCVE-2024-7592
DescriptionThere is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python3.11 (PTS)bookworm3.11.2-6+deb12u2vulnerable
bookworm (security)3.11.2-6+deb12u3vulnerable
python3.12 (PTS)trixie3.12.6-1fixed
sid3.12.7-1fixed
python3.13 (PTS)sid, trixie3.13.0-1fixed
python3.9 (PTS)bullseye3.9.2-1vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python3.11source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.12source(unstable)3.12.6-1
python3.13source(unstable)3.13.0~rc2-1
python3.9source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[bookworm] - python3.11 <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until merged into 3.11 branch)
[bullseye] - python3.9 <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until merged into 3.9 branch)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123075
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123067
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/391e5626e3ee5af267b97e37abc7475732e67621 (v3.13.0rc2)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc3eaef98cd94d6cb6cb0f44bd1c903d04f33b1 (v3.12.6)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d4ac921a4b081f7f996a5d2b101684b67ba0ed7f (v3.11.10)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2f11ca7667e4d57c71c1c88b255115f16042d9a (v3.10.15)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d662e2db2605515a767f88ad48096b8ac623c774 (v3.9.20)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/HXJAAAALNUNGCQUS2W7WR6GFIZIHFOOK/

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