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Python DoS Vulnerability (Jun 2025) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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Python Denial of Service vulnerability for versions before 3.14 on Mac OS X, no solution available.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.154800");
  script_version("2025-12-18T05:46:55+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-12-18 05:46:55 +0000 (Thu, 18 Dec 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-06-20 03:23:10 +0000 (Fri, 20 Jun 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-6069");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Python DoS Vulnerability (Jun 2025) - Mac OS X");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("python/mac-os-x/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The html.parser.HTMLParser class had worse-case quadratic
  complexity when processing certain crafted malformed inputs potentially leading to amplified
  denial of service.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python prior to version 3.9.24, 3.10.x prior to 3.10.19, 3.11.x
  prior to 3.11.14, 3.12.x prior to 3.12.12 and 3.13.x prior to 3.13.6.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.9.24, 3.10.19, 3.11.14, 3.12.12, 3.13.6 or
  later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/K5PIYLR6EP3WR7ZOKKYQUWEDNQVUXOYM/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/135464");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/135462");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PSF-2025-10");
  # nb: The PSF seems to publish the affected / fixed versions in the "Product Status" part of
  # these since some time. So even it is a more generic link this should / will be always included.
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-6069");

  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(version: version, test_version: "3.9.24")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.9.24", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.10", test_version_up: "3.10.19")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.10.19", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.11", test_version_up: "3.11.14")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.11.14", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.12", test_version_up: "3.12.12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.12.12", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range_exclusive(version: version, test_version_lo: "3.13", test_version_up: "3.13.6")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "3.13.6", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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18 Dec 2025 00:00Current
5.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.4
CVSS 3.14.3
EPSS0.00473
SSVC
5