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diff --git a/‎Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst‎
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@@ -1249,6 +1249,8 @@ def _proc_pax(self, tarfile):
 
             length, keyword = match.groups()
             length = int(length)
+            if length == 0:
+                raise InvalidHeaderError("invalid header")
             value = buf[match.end(2) + 1:match.start(1) + length - 1]
 
             # Normally, we could just use "utf-8" as the encoding and "strict"
 
@@ -429,6 +429,13 @@ def test_premature_end_of_archive(self):
                 with self.assertRaisesRegex(tarfile.ReadError, "unexpected end of data"):
                     tar.extractfile(t).read()
 
+    def test_length_zero_header(self):
+        # bpo-39017 (CVE-2019-20907): reading a zero-length header should fail
+        # with an exception
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(tarfile.ReadError, "file could not be opened successfully"):
+            with tarfile.open(support.findfile('recursion.tar')) as tar:
+                pass
+
 class MiscReadTestBase(CommonReadTest):
     def requires_name_attribute(self):
         pass
 
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).
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