CVE-2013-7338

Publication date 22 April 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python2.6	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
python2.7	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Not affected
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.1	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
python3.2	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.3	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release
python3.4	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Not in release
	12.10 quantal	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

looks like it was introduced in python 3.3: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/028e8e0b03e8

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
python3.3	Upstream: http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0cf1defd5ac4/

References

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7338