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Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0114: python-setuptools (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0114)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242485

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0114 advisory.

 Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

 CVE-2025-47273:
 setuptools is a package that allows users to download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages. A path traversal vulnerability in `PackageIndex` is present in setuptools prior to version 78.1.1. An attacker would be allowed to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem with the permissions of the process running the Python code, which could escalate to remote code execution depending on the context. Version 78.1.1 fixes the issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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

http://mirrors.aliyun.com/alinux/3/cve/alinux3-sa-20250114.xml

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242485

File Name: alinux3_sa_2025-0114.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 7/22/2025

Updated: 7/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-47273

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-setuptools, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:platform-python-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python2-setuptools

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-47273