Google: dev-lang/python: security update to 17162.463.16

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452117

Description

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

- The Wave_read._read_fmt_chunk function in Lib/wave.py in Python through 3.6.4 does not ensure a nonzero
channel value, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero and exception) via a
crafted wav format audio file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue because Python applications "need to
be prepared to handle a wide variety of exceptions. (CVE-2017-18207)

Solution

Update the dev-lang/python library and its related packages to version 17162.463.16 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452117

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18207

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