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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : Python vulnerabilities (USN-7583-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 240210

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7583-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled tar archive extraction with the filtering option. An attacker could possibly use this issue to modify files in arbitrary filesystem locations and cause data loss.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7583-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 240210

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7583-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2025

Updated: 7/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.7

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-4517

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Threat Score: 9.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12718

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.13-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12t64

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/3/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12718, CVE-2025-4138, CVE-2025-4330, CVE-2025-4435, CVE-2025-4517

IAVA: 2025-A-0444

USN: 7583-1