CVE-2024-0450 Affecting python3.12-idle package, versions <0:3.12.5-2.el9


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-PYTHON312IDLE-8383957
  • published 19 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 25 Jun 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 python3.12-idle to version 0:3.12.5-2.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2024:9190.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.12-idle package and not the python3.12-idle package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 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 Scores

version 3.1
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SUSE

6.2 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

6.2 medium