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[security] Document zlib, gzip, bz2 and tarfile known vulnerabilities #94531

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@vstinner

The zlib, gzip, bz2 and tarfile module of the Python standard library has known vulnerabilities:

I would be nice to mention them in each module documentation and then list them in https://docs.python.org/dev/library/security_warnings.html

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    on Jul 3, 2022
  2. gpshead commented on Sep 21, 2022

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    more than 8 years for tarfile... https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-4559 is python specific, but the same thing in gnu tar is from 2001...

  3. vstinner commented on Dec 13, 2022

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    I created this issue as a TODO list for myself, but my TODO list of full of more important stuff. Sadly, I failed to find time to work on the documentation. At least, https://docs.python.org/dev/library/security_warnings.html contains a few warnings.

    If someone else wants to complete the doc, please go ahead!

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