Ubuntu: USN-6906-1 (CVE-2024-5569): python-zipp vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-6906-1 (CVE-2024-5569): python-zipp vulnerability

Severity

4

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Published

07/09/2024

Created

07/26/2024

Added

07/25/2024

Modified

10/23/2024

Description

A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the jaraco/zipp library, affecting all versions prior to 3.19.1. The vulnerability is triggered when processing a specially crafted zip file that leads to an infinite loop. This issue also impacts the zipfile module of CPython, as features from the third-party zipp library are later merged into CPython, and the affected code is identical in both projects. The infinite loop can be initiated through the use of functions affecting the `Path` module in both zipp and zipfile, such as `joinpath`, the overloaded division operator, and `iterdir`. Although the infinite loop is not resource exhaustive, it prevents the application from responding. The vulnerability was addressed in version 3.19.1 of jaraco/zipp.

Solution(s)

• ubuntu-upgrade-pypy-zipp
• ubuntu-upgrade-python-zipp
• ubuntu-upgrade-python3-zipp

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-5569
• CVE - 2024-5569
• USN-6906-1