CVE-2024-0450 Affecting python-3.9 package, versions <3.9.19-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CHAINGUARDLATEST-PYTHON39-6483307
  • published 25 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 19 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade Chainguard python-3.9 to version 3.9.19-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-3.9 package and not the python-3.9 package as distributed by Chainguard. See How to fix? for Chainguard 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.

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