A vulnerability was found in MicroPython 1.23.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function mpz_as_bytes of the file py/objint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as 908ab1ceca15ee6fd0ef82ca4cba770a3ec41894. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. In micropython objint component, converting zero from int to bytes leads to heap buffer-overflow-write at mpz_as_bytes.

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

  - A vulnerability was found in MicroPython 1.23.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is     the function mpz_as_bytes of the file py/objint.c. The manipulation leads to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The     patch is identified as 908ab1ceca15ee6fd0ef82ca4cba770a3ec41894. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix     this issue. In micropython objint component, converting zero from int to bytes leads to heap buffer-     overflow-write at mpz_as_bytes. (CVE-2024-8948)

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

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-cd5c1dfa94 advisory.

    Update to 1.23.0

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

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

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-f9ca680ecd advisory.

    Update to 1.23.0

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

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-9c81ad492a advisory.

    Update to 1.23.0

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
257790	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-8948	Nessus	Misc.	high
211423	Fedora 41 : micropython (2024-cd5c1dfa94)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
209924	Fedora 40 : micropython (2024-f9ca680ecd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
209920	Fedora 39 : micropython (2024-9c81ad492a)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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