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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : Python vulnerability (USN-7116-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211586

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7116-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled quoting path names when using the venv module. A local attacker able to control virtual environments could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code when the virtual environment is activated.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7116-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211586

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7116-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-gdbm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.8, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.12-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.12t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9287

USN: 7116-1