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Slackware Linux 15.0 / current python3 Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2024-080-01)
high Nessus Plugin ID 192321
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Synopsis
The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to python3.Description
The version of python3 installed on the remote host is prior to 3.9.19. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2024-080-01 advisory.- libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed. (CVE-2023-52425)
- An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
(CVE-2023-6597)
- An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to quoted-overlap zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive. (CVE-2024-0450)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade the affected python3 package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 192321
File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-080-01.nasl
Version: 1.0
Type: local
Family: Slackware Local Security Checks
Published: 3/20/2024
Updated: 3/20/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-52425
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:python3, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/20/2024
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2024