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Debian dla-3772 : idle-python3.7 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 192520

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3772 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3772-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk March 24, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : python3.7 Version : 3.7.3-2+deb10u7 CVE ID : CVE-2023-6597 CVE-2024-0450

 Two vulnerabilities have been fixed in the Python 3 interpreter.

 CVE-2023-6597

 tempfile.TemporaryDirectory failure to remove dir

 CVE-2024-0450

 quoted-overlap zipbomb DoS


 For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.3-2+deb10u7.

 We recommend that you upgrade your python3.7 packages.

 For the detailed security status of python3.7 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python3.7

 Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the idle-python3.7 packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/python3.7

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-6597

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-0450

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/python3.7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192520

File Name: debian_DLA-3772.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-minimal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idle-python3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-venv

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6597, CVE-2024-0450