CVE-2023-38898 Affecting python3.12 package, versions <3.12.0~b4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (38th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-PYTHON312-5844196
  • published17 Aug 2023
  • disclosed15 Aug 2023

Introduced: 15 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-38898  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable python3.12 to version 3.12.0~b4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

An issue in Python cpython v.3.7 allows an attacker to obtain sensitive information via the _asyncio._swap_current_task component. NOTE: this is disputed by the vendor because (1) neither 3.7 nor any other release is affected (it is a bug in some 3.12 pre-releases); (2) there are no common scenarios in which an adversary can call _asyncio._swap_current_task but does not already have the ability to call arbitrary functions; and (3) there are no common scenarios in which sensitive information, which is not already accessible to an adversary, becomes accessible through this bug.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1