Security update for python311

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0782-2
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2022-25236 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2022-25236 ( NVD ): 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2023-27043 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-27043 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2023-6597 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.3

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for python311 fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2023-6597: Fixed symlink bug in cleanup of tempfile.TemporaryDirectory (bsc#1219666).
  • CVE-2023-27043: Fixed incorrect e-mqil parsing (bsc#1210638).
  • CVE-2022-25236: Fixed an expat vulnerability by supporting expat >= 2.4.4 (bsc#1212015).

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:

  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP4
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP4-2024-782=1

Package List:

  • Public Cloud Module 15-SP4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • python311-3.11.8-150400.9.23.1
    • python311-base-3.11.8-150400.9.23.1
    • libpython3_11-1_0-3.11.8-150400.9.23.1

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