CVE-2013-7338

Advisory

Python 3.3.4rc1 includes a fix for CVE-2013-7338: 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.
https://bugs.python.org/issue20078

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Resources

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-7338
• http://bugs.python.org/issue20078
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029973
• https://docs.python.org/3.3/whatsnew/changelog.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/592
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/595
• http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/79ea4ce431b1
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT205031
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65179
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10