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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python36 (SUSE-SU-2024:3447-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207832

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3447-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-6232: excessive backtracking when parsing tarfile headers leads to ReDoS. (bsc#1230227)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1230227

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6232

http://www.nessus.org/u?968543a1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207832

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3447-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2024

Updated: 9/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6232

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_6m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3, 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: 9/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6232

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3447-1