Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.11 security update
A moderate severity security vulnerability (CVE-2024-6232) has been identified in the Python 3 tarfile module used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The issue is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) caused by excessive backtracking while parsing header values in tarfile. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updated python3 packages to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Summary
CVE-2024-6232 is a ReDoS vulnerability in the Python cpython tarfile module caused by excessive backtracking when parsing header values. This can lead to denial of service conditions when processing crafted tarfile headers. Red Hat has issued security advisories for their Python 3.6.8 packages on RHEL 7 Extended Lifecycle Support and Python 3.11.2 packages on RHEL 8.8 Extended Update Support, providing patched versions to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive backtracking in regular expression parsing within the tarfile module. This can impact availability of applications or systems processing malicious tarfile headers. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates that fix this vulnerability in the affected Python packages. Users should apply the official Red Hat updates for their respective RHEL versions and architectures as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:1750 and RHSA-2024:7647. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying these patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: python3.11 security update
Description
A moderate severity security vulnerability (CVE-2024-6232) has been identified in the Python 3 tarfile module used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support. The issue is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) caused by excessive backtracking while parsing header values in tarfile. Red Hat has issued a security advisory with updated python3 packages to address this vulnerability.
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Technical Analysis
CVE-2024-6232 is a ReDoS vulnerability in the Python cpython tarfile module caused by excessive backtracking when parsing header values. This can lead to denial of service conditions when processing crafted tarfile headers. Red Hat has issued security advisories for their Python 3.6.8 packages on RHEL 7 Extended Lifecycle Support and Python 3.11.2 packages on RHEL 8.8 Extended Update Support, providing patched versions to remediate this issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows an attacker to cause a denial of service by triggering excessive backtracking in regular expression parsing within the tarfile module. This can impact availability of applications or systems processing malicious tarfile headers. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released security updates that fix this vulnerability in the affected Python packages. Users should apply the official Red Hat updates for their respective RHEL versions and architectures as detailed in the Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:1750 and RHSA-2024:7647. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying these patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:1750
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1e14853345fc182bff3
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:47:13 UTC
Last enriched: 08/18/2026, 14:17:01 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:24:54 UTC
Views: 24
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