Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0147: python3 (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0147)

high Nessus Plugin ID 260184

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-2025:0147 advisory.

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

CVE-2025-8194:
There is a defect in the CPython tarfile module affecting the TarFile extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives.
This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the tarfile module: https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 260184

File Name: alinux3_sa_2025-0147.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 9/1/2025

Updated: 9/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-8194

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:platform-python-debug, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:platform-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:platform-python, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:python3-test

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/28/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-8194

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