CVE-2024-9287 Affecting python311-curses package, versions <3.11.10-150400.9.38.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-PYTHON311CURSES-8365778
  • published9 Nov 2024
  • disclosed8 Nov 2024

Introduced: 8 Nov 2024

CVE-2024-9287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 python311-curses to version 3.11.10-150400.9.38.2 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.

A vulnerability has been found in the CPython venv module and CLI where path names provided when creating a virtual environment were not quoted properly, allowing the creator to inject commands into virtual environment "activation" scripts (ie "source venv/bin/activate"). This means that attacker-controlled virtual environments are able to run commands when the virtual environment is activated. Virtual environments which are not created by an attacker or which aren't activated before being used (ie "./venv/bin/python") are not affected.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1