openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-black (SUSE-SU-2024:2481-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 202459

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:2481-1 advisory.

Updated to version 24.3.0:

- CVE-2024-21503: Fixed a performance downgrade on docstrings that contain large numbers of leading tab characters (bsc#1221530).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected python311-black package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1221530

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-July/035995.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-21503

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 202459

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2481-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/16/2024

Updated: 7/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21503

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-21503

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2481-1