SUSE SLED12: libpython2_7-1_0 / libpython2_7-1_0-32bit / python / python-32bit / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:1667-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197289

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1667-1 advisory.

- CVE-2023-52425: Fixed using the system libexpat (bsc#1219559).
- CVE-2023-27043: Modifed fix for unicode string handling in email.utils.parseaddr() (bsc#1222537).
- CVE-2022-48560: Fixed use-after-free in Python via heappushpop in heapq (bsc#1214675).

Bug fixes:

- Switch off tests. ONLY FOR FACTORY!!! (bsc#1219306).
- Build with -std=gnu89 to build correctly with gcc14 (bsc#1220970).
- Switch from %patchN style to the %patch -P N one.

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197289

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1667-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27043

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0-32bit

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48560, CVE-2023-27043, CVE-2023-52425

IAVA: 2023-A-0442-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1667-1

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