diff --git a/SOURCES/00351-cve-2019-20907-fix-infinite-loop-in-tarfile.patch b/SOURCES/00351-cve-2019-20907-fix-infinite-loop-in-tarfile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c8c6f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SOURCES/00351-cve-2019-20907-fix-infinite-loop-in-tarfile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From b099ce737f6e6cc9f3a1bf756af78eaa1c1480cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rishi <rishi_devan@mail.com>
+Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2020 13:51:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] 00351-cve-2019-20907-fix-infinite-loop-in-tarfile.patch
+
+00351 #
+Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module
+(CVE-2019-20907).
+See: https://bugs.python.org/issue39017
+---
+ Lib/tarfile.py                                    |   2 ++
+ Lib/test/recursion.tar                            | Bin 0 -> 516 bytes
+ Lib/test/test_tarfile.py                          |   7 +++++++
+ .../2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst      |   1 +
+ 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 Lib/test/recursion.tar
+ create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst
+
+diff --git a/Lib/tarfile.py b/Lib/tarfile.py
+index adf91d5..574a6bb 100644
+--- a/Lib/tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/tarfile.py
+@@ -1400,6 +1400,8 @@ class TarInfo(object):
+ 
+             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]
+ 
+             keyword = keyword.decode("utf8")
+diff --git a/Lib/test/recursion.tar b/Lib/test/recursion.tar
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b8237251964983f54ed1966297e887636cd0c5f4
+GIT binary patch
+literal 516
+zcmYdFPRz+kEn=W0Fn}74P8%Xw3X=l~85kIuo0>8xq$A1Gm}!7)KUsFc41m#O8A5+e
+I1_}|j06>QaCIA2c
+
+literal 0
+HcmV?d00001
+
+diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+index 89bd738..4592156 100644
+--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
++++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+@@ -325,6 +325,13 @@ class CommonReadTest(ReadTest):
+ class MiscReadTest(CommonReadTest):
+     taropen = tarfile.TarFile.taropen
+ 
++    def test_length_zero_header(self):
++        # bpo-39017 (CVE-2019-20907): reading a zero-length header should fail
++        # with an exception
++        with self.assertRaisesRegexp(tarfile.ReadError, "file could not be opened successfully"):
++            with tarfile.open(support.findfile('recursion.tar')) as tar:
++                pass
++
+     def test_no_name_argument(self):
+         with open(self.tarname, "rb") as fobj:
+             tar = tarfile.open(fileobj=fobj, mode=self.mode)
+diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..ad26676
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2020-07-12-22-16-58.bpo-39017.x3Cg-9.rst
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module (CVE-2019-20907).
+-- 
+2.25.4
+
diff --git a/SPECS/python2.spec b/SPECS/python2.spec
index 00e89ee..3a81aac 100644
--- a/SPECS/python2.spec
+++ b/SPECS/python2.spec
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ Summary: An interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language
 Name: %{python}
 # Remember to also rebase python2-docs when changing this:
 Version: 2.7.17
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 License: Python
 Group: Development/Languages
 Requires: %{python}-libs%{?_isa} = %{version}-%{release}
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ BuildRequires: autoconf
 BuildRequires: bluez-libs-devel
 BuildRequires: bzip2
 BuildRequires: bzip2-devel
+BuildRequires: git-core
 BuildRequires: glibc-devel
 BuildRequires: gmp-devel
 BuildRequires: libdb-devel
@@ -695,6 +696,12 @@ Patch288: 00288-ambiguous-python-version-rpmbuild-warn.patch
 # (we handle it it in Setup.dist, see Patch0)
 Patch289: 00289-disable-nis-detection.patch
 
+# 00351 #
+# Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module
+# (CVE-2019-20907).
+# See: https://bugs.python.org/issue39017
+Patch351: 00351-cve-2019-20907-fix-infinite-loop-in-tarfile.patch
+
 # (New patches go here ^^^)
 #
 # When adding new patches to "python2" and "python3" in Fedora, EL, etc.,
@@ -1006,6 +1013,9 @@ rm Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/*.whl
 %patch288 -p1
 %patch289 -p1
 
+# Patch 351 adds binary file for testing. We need to apply it using Git.
+git apply %{PATCH351}
+
 # This shouldn't be necesarry, but is right now (2.2a3)
 find -name "*~" |xargs rm -f
 
@@ -1943,6 +1953,10 @@ fi
 # ======================================================
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Aug 17 2020 Tomas Orsava <torsava@redhat.com> - 2.7.17-2
+- Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907)
+Resolves: rhbz#1856481
+
 * Wed Oct 23 2019 Charalampos Stratakis <cstratak@redhat.com> - 2.7.17-1
 - Update to 2.7.17
 Resolves: rhbz#1759944