Splunk Python for Scientific Computing update for third-party packages

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU95802

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31580

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in component /runtime/vararg_functions.cpp. A local user can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger a heap-based buffer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU95807

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28975

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing SVM models within the svm_predict_values in svm.cpp. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted model to the application, trigger memory corruption and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

3) Cleartext storage of sensitive information

EUVDB-ID: #VU95806

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5206

CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in TfidfVectorizer, which includes sensitive information such as tokens into the training data set. A local user can run the application with the default arguments except that we limit the vocabulary size and gain access to sensitive information.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU71379

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40897

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing HTML content. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

5) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU95339

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-6345

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing URL in the package_index module of pypa/setuptools. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system via download functions.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

EUVDB-ID: #VU89133

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-34062

CWE-ID: CWE-88 - Argument Injection or Modification

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromsie the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an argument injection issue. A local user can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) Insecure Temporary File

EUVDB-ID: #VU83354

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-2800

CWE-ID: CWE-377 - Insecure Temporary File

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A local user can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU95805

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3568

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation within the load_repo_checkpoint() function of the TFPreTrainedModel() class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU95804

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-6730

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when fetching RagRetriever models. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted config file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

10) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU95803

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-7018

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation in TransfoXLTokenizer when loading vocab.pkl file. A remote attacker can pass specially a crafted file to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

11) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU82894

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-5678

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within DH_generate_key() and DH_check_pub_key() functions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

12) Insufficient verification of data authenticity

EUVDB-ID: #VU79296

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-37920

CWE-ID: CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exist due to software recognizes "e-Tugra" root certificates, which were subject to an investigation prompted by reporting of security issues in their systems. An attacker with ability to generate certificates signed with the  compromised "e-Tugra" root certificate can perform MitM attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

13) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU90156

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-35195

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to the session object does not verify requests after making first request with verify=False. A local administrator can bypass authentication.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

14) Use-after-free

EUVDB-ID: #VU95800

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 2.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-31583

CWE-ID: CWE-416 - Use After Free

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in torch/csrc/jit/mobile/interpreter.cpp. A local user can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

15) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU88828

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3651

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the idna.encode() function. A remote attacker can pass an overly long domain name to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

16) Code Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU85872

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45907

CWE-ID: CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the torch.jit.annotations.parse_type_line() function. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

17) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU81322

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43804

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: Yes

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib does not strip the "Cookie" HTTP header during cross-origin HTTP redirects. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

18) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU82978

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45803

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to urllib3 does not remove the HTTP request body when redirecting HTTP response using status codes 301, 302, or 303, after the request had its method changed from one that could accept a request body (e.g. from POST to GET). A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

19) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU92262

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-37891

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Prox-Authorization header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects when using urllib3's proxy support with ProxyManager. A remote attacker can gain obtain proxy credentials used by the library.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

20) Incorrect Comparison

EUVDB-ID: #VU61602

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-34141

CWE-ID: CWE-697 - Incorrect Comparison

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to incomplete string comparison in the numpy.core component in NumPy. A remote attacker can pass specific string objects to the library and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

21) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU87690

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27319

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition caused by an off-by-one error in the ONNX_ASSERT and ONNX_ASSERTM functions. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the application, trigger an out-of-bounds read error and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

22) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU87689

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-27318

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences passed via the external_data field of the tensor proto. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Note, the vulnerability exists due to incomplete fix for #VU75176 (CVE-2022-25882).

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

23) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU75176

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25882

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Request example:

http://localhost:8080/public/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/%2e%2e/root/.ssh/id_rsa

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

24) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU88853

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3772

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted email string to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

25) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU78289

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 4.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-25399

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the Py_FindObjects() function. A local user can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

26) Incorrect Regular Expression

EUVDB-ID: #VU71137

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-40899

CWE-ID: CWE-185 - Incorrect Regular Expression

Exploit availability: No

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.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

27) Security features bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU63912

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.4 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-31799

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to mishandling errors during early request binding. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

28) Inconsistent interpretation of HTTP requests

EUVDB-ID: #VU77305

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-28473

CWE-ID: CWE-444 - Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling')

Exploit availability: No

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform HTTP request smuggling attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to the usage of a vector called parameter cloaking. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted HTTP request, smuggle arbitrary HTTP headers and cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server.

Install update from vendor's website.

Python for Scientific Computing: 4.2.0

http://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2024-0801

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.