PSF-2014-3

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    PSF-2014-3

    Published: 22 Apr 2014Last Modified: 9 Oct 2025
    Aliases:
    CVE-2013-7338

    Summary: zipfile DoS using invalid file size

    Details: Python before 3.3.4 RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a file size value larger than the size of the zip file to the (1) ZipExtFile.read, (2) ZipExtFile.read(n), (3) ZipExtFile.readlines, (4) ZipFile.extract, or (5) ZipFile.extractall function.

    References: https://bugs.python.org/issue20078

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5ce3f10aeea711bb912e948fa5d9f63736df1327

    Affected versions

    2.5

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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