Resource Exhaustion Affecting python311-curses package, versions <3.11.9-150400.9.26.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-PYTHON311CURSES-6815364
  • published9 May 2024
  • disclosed8 May 2024

Introduced: 8 May 2024

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 python311-curses to version 3.11.9-150400.9.26.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python311-curses package and not the python311-curses package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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 Scores

version 3.1