CVE-2024-0450 Affecting python3-libs package, versions <0:3.9.18-3.el9_4.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE9-PYTHON3LIBS-7371612
  • published26 Jun 2024
  • disclosed19 Mar 2024

Introduced: 19 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-0450  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:9 python3-libs to version 0:3.9.18-3.el9_4.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2024-4078.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-libs package and not the python3-libs package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1