CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
38.0%
Python is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.151952");
script_version("2024-08-14T05:05:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-08-14 05:05:52 +0000 (Wed, 14 Aug 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-03-20 08:45:07 +0000 (Wed, 20 Mar 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2024-02-09 02:03:16 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-6597", "CVE-2023-52425", "CVE-2024-0450");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Python Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mar 2024) - Windows");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2023-6597: tempfile.TemporaryDirectory dereferences symlinks during cleanup
- CVE-2023-52425: DoS in libexpat
- CVE-2024-0450: Quoted zip-bomb protection for zipfile
- No CVE: urllib.request resolves the hostname before checking it against the system's proxy
bypass list on Windows
- No CVE: .pth files with names starting with a dot or containing the hidden file attribute are
not skipped
- No CVE: iso2022_jp_3 and iso2022_jp_2004 codecs read out of bounds
- No CVE: ssl.SSLContext.cert_store_stats() and ssl.SSLContext.get_ca_certs() don't correctly
lock access to the certificate store, when the ssl.SSLContext is shared across multiple threads");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python version 3.8.18 and prior, 3.9.x through 3.9.18, 3.10.x
through 3.10.13, 3.11.x through 3.11.8 and 3.12.x through 3.12.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.8.19, 3.9.19, 3.10.14 or later. For
version 3.11.x and 3.12.x see the referenced vendor advisories for patches / fixed releases.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://discuss.python.org/t/python-3-10-14-3-9-19-and-3-8-19-is-now-available/48993");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2024/03/python-31014-3919-and-3819-is-now.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2024-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52425");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2024-2");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE,
version_regex: "^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "3.8.19")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.8.19", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.9", test_version_up: "3.9.19")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.9.19", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.10", test_version_up: "3.10.14")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.10.14", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.11", test_version2: "3.11.8") ||
version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "3.12", test_version2: "3.12.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "See advisory", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
discuss.python.org/t/python-3-10-14-3-9-19-and-3-8-19-is-now-available/48993
mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Q5C6ATFC67K53XFV4KE45325S7NS62LD/
mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/
osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-52425
osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2024-1
osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2024-2
pythoninsider.blogspot.com/2024/03/python-31014-3919-and-3819-is-now.html
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
38.0%