7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.1%
Vulnerabilities in Python could allow a remote or local attacker to cause a denial of service (CVE-2023-52425, CVE-2023-52426) or launch further attacks on the system (CVE-2023-6597). Python is used by AIX as part of Ansible node management automation.
CVEID:CVE-2023-52425
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by improper system resource allocation. By sending a specially crafted request using an overly large token, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281438 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID:CVE-2023-52426
**DESCRIPTION:**libexpat is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an XML entity expansion flaw if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time. By compiling specially crafted XML input, a local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
CVSS Base score: 5.1
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/281439 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
CVEID:CVE-2023-6597
**DESCRIPTION:**Python could provide weaker than expected security, caused by an issue with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory fails removing dir in some edge cases related to symlinks. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to launch further attacks on the system.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/283230 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
---|---|
AIX | 7.3 |
VIOS | 4.1 |
The following fileset levels are vulnerable:
Fileset | Lower Level | Upper Level |
---|---|---|
python3.9.base | 3.9.0.0 | 3.9.18.1 |
Note:
A. Latest level of Python fileset is available from the web download site:
<https://www.ibm.com/resources/mrs/assets?source=aixbp>
To find out whether the affected filesets are installed on your systems, refer to the lslpp command found in the AIX user’s guide.
Example: lslpp -L | grep -i python3.9.base
FIXES
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now.
A fix is available, and it can be downloaded from:
<https://www.ibm.com/resources/mrs/assets?source=aixbp>
To extract the fixes from the tar file:
zcat python-3.9.18.2.tar.Z | tar xvf -
IMPORTANT: If possible, it is recommended that a mksysb backup of the system be created. Verify it is both bootable and readable before proceeding.
Note that all the previously reported security vulnerability fixes are also included in above mentioned fileset level.
To preview the fix installation:
installp -apYd . python3.9.base
To install the fix package:
installp -aXYd . python3.9.base
openssl dgst -sha256 -verify [pubkey_file] -signature [advisory_file].sig [advisory_file]
openssl dgst -sha256 -verify [pubkey_file] -signature [ifix_file].sig [ifix_file]
Published advisory OpenSSL signature file location:
<https://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/python_advisory8.asc.sig>
None
CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
---|---|---|---|
powervm virtual i/o server | eq | 4.1 | |
aix | eq | 7.3 |
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
38.1%