Resource Leak Affecting python-perf-debuginfo package, versions <0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPERFDEBUGINFO-7447544
  • published13 Jul 2024
  • disclosed30 May 2024

Introduced: 30 May 2024

CVE-2024-36954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-402  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-perf-debuginfo to version 0:4.14.348-265.562.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2024-2581.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-perf-debuginfo package and not the python-perf-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tipc: fix a possible memleak in tipc_buf_append

__skb_linearize() doesn't free the skb when it fails, so move '*buf = NULL' after __skb_linearize(), so that the skb can be freed on the err path.

CVSS Scores

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