Multiple Interpretations of UI Input Affecting platform-python-debug package, versions <0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.6


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PLATFORMPYTHONDEBUG-7432863
  • published 10 Jul 2024
  • disclosed 19 Mar 2024

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 platform-python-debug to version 0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:4406.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream platform-python-debug package and not the platform-python-debug package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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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Red Hat

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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SUSE

6.2 medium