MGASA-2024-0313 - Updated python-astropy packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 25 Sep 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0313.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-41334

Version 5.3.2 of the Astropy core package is vulnerable to remote code
execution due to improper input validation in the
`TranformGraph().to_dot_graph` function. A malicious user can provide a
command or a script file as a value to the `savelayout` argument, which
will be placed as the first value in a list of arguments passed to
`subprocess.Popen`. Although an error will be raised, the command or
script will be executed successfully. (CVE-2023-41334)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33369
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFGTG4EH37DFBG66DWJ2DEZNIO44D3AX/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41334

SRPMS:
- 9/core/python-astropy-5.1.1-1.1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0313: python-astropy Security Advisory Updates

Version 5.3.2 of the Astropy core package is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper input validation in the `TranformGraph().to_dot_graph` function

Summary

Version 5.3.2 of the Astropy core package is vulnerable to remote code execution due to improper input validation in the `TranformGraph().to_dot_graph` function. A malicious user can provide a command or a script file as a value to the `savelayout` argument, which will be placed as the first value in a list of arguments passed to `subprocess.Popen`. Although an error will be raised, the command or script will be executed successfully. (CVE-2023-41334)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33369

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AFGTG4EH37DFBG66DWJ2DEZNIO44D3AX/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-41334

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0313 - Updated python-astropy packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 9/core/python-astropy-5.1.1-1.1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 25 Sep 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0313.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-41334

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