debian · CVE-2025-8194

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Priority: end-of-life Published: Updated: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 14:01:09 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2025-8194 end-of-life priority: Debian including 5 source packages (pypy3, python2.7, python3.11, python3.13, python3.9), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 7, open 4.

Description:

There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1

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