CVE-2024-0450 Affecting python3.12-test package, versions <0:3.12.3-2.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PYTHON312TEST-7418041
  • published3 Jul 2024
  • disclosed12 Nov 2024

Introduced: 3 Jul 2024

CVE-2024-0450  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 python3.12-test to version 0:3.12.3-2.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:4243.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.12-test package and not the python3.12-test package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was found in the CPython zipfile module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.

The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1