<p>Upgrade <code>Centos:8</code> <code>platform-python</code> to version 0:3.6.8-56.el8_9.2 or higher.</p>

Resource Exhaustion Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-56.el8_9.2

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0.06% (25^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-PLATFORMPYTHON-6063397
published 16 Nov 2023
disclosed 22 Aug 2023

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Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-48564 Open this link in a new tab CWE-400 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-56.el8_9.2 or higher.

NVD Description

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

read_ints in plistlib.py in Python through 3.9.1 is vulnerable to a potential DoS attack via CPU and RAM exhaustion when processing malformed Apple Property List files in binary format.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1

Attack Vector (AV)

Network
Attack Complexity (AC)

Low
Privileges Required (PR)

None
User Interaction (UI)

Required

Scope (S)

Unchanged

Confidentiality (C)

None
Integrity (I)

None
Availability (A)

High