7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
31.9%
Python is prone to a
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.104815");
script_version("2024-02-05T14:36:57+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-05 14:36:57 +0000 (Mon, 05 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-06-26 13:02:27 +0000 (Mon, 26 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-07-06 16:00:00 +0000 (Thu, 06 Jul 2023)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-36632"); # nb: See insight tag on the disputed status.
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
script_name("Python <= 3.12.1 'RecursionError' Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/mac-os-x/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a 'RecursionError' vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The legacy email.utils.parseaddr function allows attackers to
trigger 'RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python object' via a
crafted argument. This argument is plausibly an untrusted value from an application's input data
that was supposed to contain a name and an e-mail address.
NOTE: The vendor's perspective is that this is neither a vulnerability nor a bug. The email
package is intended to have size limits and to throw an exception when limits are exceeded.");
# nb: As no fix seems to be available yet according to the advisory the current latest available
# version listed here was taken:
# https://www.python.org/doc/versions/
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"The legacy email.utils.parseaddr function in Python through
3.12.1.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year
since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution
options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or
replace the product by another one.
NOTE: email.utils.parseaddr is categorized as a Legacy API in the documentation of the Python
email package. Applications should instead use the email.parser.BytesParser or
email.parser.Parser class.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/psf/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/python/PSF-2023-4.json");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://osv.dev/list?ecosystem=&q=CVE-2023-36632");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/2722");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/103800");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE, version_regex:"^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+"))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if (version_is_less_equal(version: version, test_version: "3.12.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "None", install_path: location);
security_message(port: port, data: report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
7.5 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
8.7 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
31.9%