[3.9] bpo-39017: Avoid infinite loop in the tarfile module (GH-21454) (GH-21482)

Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files using the tarfile module
(CVE-2019-20907).
(cherry picked from commit 5a8d121a1f)


Co-authored-by: Rishi <rishi_devan@mail.com>

Automerge-Triggered-By: @encukou
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@ -1249,6 +1249,8 @@ 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]
# Normally, we could just use "utf-8" as the encoding and "strict"