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Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: python3 (CVE-2024-4030)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242348

Synopsis

The remote Azure Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The version of python3 installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-4030 advisory.

 - On Windows a directory returned by tempfile.mkdtemp() would not always have permissions set to restrict reading and writing to the temporary directory by other users, instead usually inheriting the correct permissions from the default location. Alternate configurations or users without a profile directory may not have the intended permissions. If you're not using Windows or haven't changed the temporary directory location then you aren't affected by this vulnerability. On other platforms the returned directory is consistently readable and writable only by the current user. This issue was caused by Python not supporting Unix permissions on Windows. The fix adds support for Unix 700 for the mkdir function on Windows which is used by mkdtemp() to ensure the newly created directory has the proper permissions.
 (CVE-2024-4030)

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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4030

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242348

File Name: azure_linux_CVE-2024-4030.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/19/2025

Updated: 7/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4030

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-pip, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-tools, x-cpe:/o:microsoft:azure_linux, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:microsoft:azure_linux:python3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/7/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4030