Security update for python36

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2024:3430-1
Rating:	important
References:	bsc#1230227
Cross-References:	CVE-2024-6232
CVSS scores:	CVE-2024-6232 ( SUSE ): 8.9 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H CVE-2024-6232 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVE-2024-6232 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python36 fixes the following issues:

• CVE-2024-6232: excessive backtracking when parsing tarfile headers leads to ReDoS. (bsc#1230227)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-3430=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3430=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3430=1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5
  zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-3430=1

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python36-devel-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
  • python36-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debugsource-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-32bit-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-32bit-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
  • python36-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debugsource-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 (s390x x86_64)
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-32bit-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-32bit-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
  • python36-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debugsource-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-base-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • python36-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-3.6.15-67.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 (x86_64)
  • libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo-32bit-3.6.15-67.1
  • libpython3_6m1_0-32bit-3.6.15-67.1

References:

• https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6232.html
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230227