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Medium ELSA-2025-16117 1 CVE

Moderate: python3 security update (Oracle Linux 7)

Published Oct 2, 2025 · Updated Oct 2, 2025

Ecosystem: Oracle Linux

Summary

[3.6.8-21.0.5]
- tarfile now validates archives to ensure member offsets are non-negative [Orabug: 38442771][CVE-2025-8194]

Fixed packages 7

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 7 python3 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-debug 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-devel 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-idle 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-libs 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-test 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9
Oracle Linux · 7 python3-tkinter 0:3.6.8-21.0.5.el7_9

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2025-8194

    Tarfile infinite loop during parsing with negative member offset

    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 parsi…

    Python Software Foundation CPython python3.4 python3.5 Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi