Description

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.

Remediation

References

CVE-2013-7338

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Severity

High

Classification

CVE-2013-7338 CWE-20

Tags

Missing Update Known Vulnerabilities