SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python310 (SUSE-SU-2023:2884-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 178588

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2884-1 advisory.

- Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267. (CVE-2007-4559)

- An issue in the urllib.parse component of Python before 3.11.4 allows attackers to bypass blocklisting methods by supplying a URL that starts with blank characters. (CVE-2023-24329)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 178588

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2884-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2023

Updated: 8/31/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4559

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24329

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_10-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python310-base, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-4559, CVE-2023-24329

IAVA: 2023-A-0118-S, 2023-A-0283-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2884-1

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