| Name | CVE-2024-7592 |
| Description | There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypy (PTS) | jessie | 2.4.0+dfsg-3 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 5.6.0+dfsg-4 | vulnerable | |
| buster | 7.0.0+dfsg-3 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 7.3.3+dfsg-2 | vulnerable | |
| python2.7 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2.7.9-2-ds1-1+deb8u12 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security) | 2.7.13-2+deb9u6 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2.7.13-2+deb9u9 | vulnerable | |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2.7.16-2+deb10u4 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 2.7.18-8+deb11u1 | vulnerable | |
| python3.11 (PTS) | bookworm | 3.11.2-6+deb12u4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 3.11.2-6+deb12u3 | vulnerable | |
| python3.12 (PTS) | sid, trixie | 3.12.7-3 | fixed |
| python3.13 (PTS) | sid, trixie | 3.13.0-2 | fixed |
| python3.4 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.4.2-1+deb8u18 | vulnerable |
| python3.5 (PTS) | stretch (security) | 3.5.3-1+deb9u5 | vulnerable |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 3.5.3-1+deb9u10 | vulnerable | |
| python3.7 (PTS) | buster, buster (lts) | 3.7.3-2+deb10u8 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 3.7.3-2+deb10u7 | vulnerable | |
| python3.9 (PTS) | bullseye | 3.9.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pypy | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| pypy | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python2.7 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.11 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.12 | source | (unstable) | 3.12.6-1 | |||
| python3.13 | source | (unstable) | 3.13.0~rc2-1 | |||
| python3.4 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.5 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.7 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | |||
| python3.9 | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
[bookworm] - python3.11 <postponed> (Minor issue, wait until merged into 3.11 branch)
[bullseye] - python3.9 <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123075
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123067
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/391e5626e3ee5af267b97e37abc7475732e67621 (v3.13.0rc2)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc3eaef98cd94d6cb6cb0f44bd1c903d04f33b1 (v3.12.6)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d4ac921a4b081f7f996a5d2b101684b67ba0ed7f (v3.11.10)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2f11ca7667e4d57c71c1c88b255115f16042d9a (v3.10.15)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d662e2db2605515a767f88ad48096b8ac623c774 (v3.9.20)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/HXJAAAALNUNGCQUS2W7WR6GFIZIHFOOK/
[jessie] - python3.4 <postponed> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - python3.5 <postponed> (Minor issue)
[buster] - python3.7 <postponed> (Minor issue)