SB2024081334 - SUSE update for python-scikit-learn
Published: August 13, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024081334
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Cleartext storage of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-5206)
CWE-ID: CWE-312 - Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.