Resource Exhaustion Affecting python3-idle package, versions <3.6.15-150300.10.65.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.82% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-PYTHON3IDLE-7456852
  • published16 Jul 2024
  • disclosed15 Jul 2024

Introduced: 15 Jul 2024

CVE-2023-52425  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 python3-idle to version 3.6.15-150300.10.65.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-idle package and not the python3-idle package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1