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openSUSE 15.x Important: Python311 Directory Traversal Threat Fix

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2024
Dist Suse Esm H88
Address critical vulnerabilities in Python on openSUSE with the most recent patch. Ensure security by following the provided remediation steps.
* bsc#1203750 * bsc#1208471 Cross-References: * CVE-2007-4559

Summary

## This update for python311 fixes the following issues: python was updated to version 3.11.4: * CVE-2023-24329: Fixed blocklist bypass via the urllib.parse component when supplying a URL that starts with blank characters (bsc#1208471). * CVE-2007-4559: Fixed python tarfile module directory traversal (bsc#1203750). * Fixed a security in flaw in uu.decode() that could allow for directory traversal based on the input if no out_file was specified. * Do not expose the local on-disk location in directory indexes produced by http.client.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler. Bugfixes: * trace. **main** now uses io.open_code() for files to be executed instead of raw open(). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

References

* bsc#1203750

* bsc#1208471

Cross-

* CVE-2007-4559

* CVE-2023-24329

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2007-4559 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2023-24329 ( SUSE ): 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L

* CVE-2023-24329 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* Python 3 Module 15-SP4

* Python 3 Module 15-SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2023:2937-1
Rating: important

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