Guard against negative offset/length values in tarfile's GNU sparse extraction
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Bug report
Bug description:
for i in range(21):
try:
offset = nti(buf[pos:pos + 12])
numbytes = nti(buf[pos + 12:pos + 24])
except ValueError:
break
if offset and numbytes:
structs.append((offset, numbytes))
pos += 24
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/7040aa54f14676938970e10c5f74ea93cd56aa38/Lib/tarfile.py#L1441
- There is no check that offset or numbytes are non-negative.
- The check if offset and numbytes: only skips zero, not negative numbers.
validation should be added:
if offset >= 0 and numbytes >= 0:
structs.append((offset, numbytes))
- This will prevent the addition of invalid sparse mappings, mitigating the risk.
CPython versions tested on:
3.13
Operating systems tested on:
Windows
Linked PRs
- gh-137805
- gh-138726
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