CVE-2024-0450

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.

Weakness

The product does not properly control situations in which an adversary can cause the product to consume or produce excessive resources without requiring the adversary to invest equivalent work or otherwise prove authorization, i.e., the adversary’s influence is “asymmetric.”

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842eba
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183
• https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3b
• https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/
• https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/
• https://www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/