Resource Exhaustion Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PLATFORMPYTHON-6204662
  • published26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed22 Aug 2023

Introduced: 22 Aug 2023

CVE-2022-48564  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0430.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1