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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2024:4151-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 212593

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4151-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-11168: Fixed improper validation of IPv6 and IPvFuture addresses (bsc#1233307)

 Other fixes:
 - Add ipaddress module from https://github.com/phihag/ipaddress
 - Remove -IVendor/ from python-config (bsc#1231795)
 - Stop using %%defattr, it seems to be breaking proper executable attributes on /usr/bin/ scripts (bsc#1227378).

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/1227378

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1231795

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1233307

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11168

http://www.nessus.org/u?9ce9d6a7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 212593

File Name: suse_SU-2024-4151-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2024

Updated: 12/12/2024

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: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11168

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Threat Score: 1.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml, 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: 12/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11168

IAVA: 2024-A-0748

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:4151-1