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Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: python3 (UTSA-2025-987414)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 268299

Synopsis

The Unity Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-987414 advisory.

 A vulnerability has been found in the CPython `venv` module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment activation scripts (ie source venv/bin/activate). This means that attacker- controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated.
 Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie ./venv/bin/python) are not affected.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity 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 python3 package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9f62435

https://gitee.com/src-openeuler/python3/issues/IAZM9T

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9287

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 268299

File Name: unity_linux_UTSA-2025-987414.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2025

Updated: 10/10/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9287