Race Condition Affecting python3-tools package, versions <3.6.15-150300.10.57.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.15% (63rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-PYTHON3TOOLS-6444984
  • published15 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Mar 2024

Introduced: 14 Mar 2024

CVE-2022-48566  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 python3-tools to version 3.6.15-150300.10.57.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-tools package and not the python3-tools package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1