Vulnerability CVE-2023-40217: Information

Description

An issue was discovered in Python before 3.8.18, 3.9.x before 3.9.18, 3.10.x before 3.10.13, and 3.11.x before 3.11.5. It primarily affects servers (such as HTTP servers) that use TLS client authentication. If a TLS server-side socket is created, receives data into the socket buffer, and then is closed quickly, there is a brief window where the SSLSocket instance will detect the socket as "not connected" and won't initiate a handshake, but buffered data will still be readable from the socket buffer. This data will not be authenticated if the server-side TLS peer is expecting client certificate authentication, and is indistinguishable from valid TLS stream data. Data is limited in size to the amount that will fit in the buffer. (The TLS connection cannot directly be used for data exfiltration because the vulnerable code path requires that the connection be closed on initialization of the SSLSocket.)

Severity: MEDIUM (5.3) Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Published: Aug. 25, 2023
Modified: Nov. 7, 2023

Fixed packages

Package name
Branch
Fixed in version
Version from repository
Errata ID
Task #
State
python3sisyphus3.11.6-alt13.12.2-alt1ALT-PU-2023-6199-1331220Fixed
python3sisyphus_e2k3.11.6-alt13.12.2-alt1ALT-PU-2023-6231-1-Fixed
python3sisyphus_riscv643.11.6-alt13.12.2-alt1ALT-PU-2023-6215-1-Fixed
python3p103.9.18-alt13.9.18-alt1ALT-PU-2024-2511-3340781Fixed
python3p10_e2k3.9.18-alt13.9.18-alt1ALT-PU-2024-3765-1-Fixed
python3c10f13.9.18-alt0.c10f1.13.9.18-alt0.c10f1.1ALT-PU-2024-6382-3344932Fixed

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

    1. Configuration 1

      cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      3.11.0
      End excliding
      3.11.5

      cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      3.10.0
      End excliding
      3.10.13

      cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      Start including
      3.9.0
      End excliding
      3.9.18

      cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
      End excliding
      3.8.18