CVE-2024-0450 Affecting python39-libs package, versions <0:3.9.19-1.module+el8.10.0+1809+41195054


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHON39LIBS-7262376
  • published15 Jun 2024
  • disclosed19 Mar 2024

Introduced: 19 Mar 2024

CVE-2024-0450  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python39-libs to version 0:3.9.19-1.module+el8.10.0+1809+41195054 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2024:3466.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python39-libs package and not the python39-libs package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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 Base Scores

version 3.1