SB2023030832 - SUSE update for python3

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SB2023030832 - SUSE update for python3

Published: March 8, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023030832
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Incorrect Regular Expression (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40899)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing the Set-Cookie header. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to the application and perform a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.


2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24329)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass implemented filters.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of URLs that start with blank characters within urllib.parse component of Python. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted URL to bypass existing filters.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References