SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : python-numpy (SUSE-SU-2022:0134-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 156922

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:0134-1 advisory.

 - A Buffer Overflow vulnerability exists in NumPy 1.9.x in the PyArray_NewFromDescr_int function of ctors.c when specifying arrays of large dimensions (over 32) from Python code, which could let a malicious user cause a Denial of Service. (CVE-2021-33430)

 - Buffer overflow in the array_from_pyobj function of fortranobject.c in NumPy < 1.19, which allows attackers to conduct a Denial of Service attacks by carefully constructing an array with negative values.
 (CVE-2021-41496)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193907

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193913

http://www.nessus.org/u?75993ecc

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-33430

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-41496

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156922

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0134-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2022

Updated: 1/21/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41496

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy-gnu-hpc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy-gnu-hpc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy_1_17_3-gnu-hpc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-numpy_1_17_3-gnu-hpc-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/20/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-33430, CVE-2021-41496

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0134-1