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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python312 (SUSE-SU-2024:4291-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 212738

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:4291-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-12254: Fixed unbounded memory buffering in SelectorSocketTransport.writelines() (bsc#1234290)

 Other fixes:
 - Updated to version 3.12.8
 - Remove -IVendor/ from python-config (bsc#1231795)

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/1231795

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234290

http://www.nessus.org/u?985d1d33

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-12254

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 212738

File Name: suse_SU-2024-4291-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2024

Updated: 12/13/2024

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: 6.0

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-2024-12254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-idle, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_12-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python312-curses

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: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12254

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:4291-1