The numpy.pad function in Numpy 1.13.1 and older versions is missing input validation. An empty list or ndarray will stick into an infinite loop, which can allow attackers to cause a DoS attack.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The numpy.pad function in Numpy 1.13.1 and older versions is missing input validation. An empty list or     ndarray will stick into an infinite loop, which can allow attackers to cause a DoS attack.
    (CVE-2017-12852)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The numpy.pad function in Numpy 1.13.1 and older versions is missing input validation. An empty list or
    ndarray will stick into an infinite loop, which can allow attackers to cause a DoS attack.
    (CVE-2017-12852)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3954-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2017-12852: Fixed missing input validation leading to infinite loops (bsc#1053963).

      Bugfixes:
      - Use update-alternatives for /usr/bin/f2py (bsc#1199500).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the python package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
220700	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12852	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high
414678	SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-frgw-fgh6-9g52)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
414678	SCA: security update for numpy (GHSA-frgw-fgh6-9g52)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	high
167350	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-numpy (SUSE-SU-2022:3954-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	Local	high
152052	Photon OS 1.0: Python PHSA-2021-1.0-0416	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
152050	Photon OS 2.0: Python PHSA-2021-2.0-0371	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	Local	high

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