SB2025080749 - SUSE update for python311 



SB2025080749 - SUSE update for python311

Published: August 7, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025080749
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 3
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 67% Low 33%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Expected behavior violation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4435)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to change expected behavior. 

The vulnerability exists due to an error when using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior. A remote attacker can force the application to extract files that were meant to be skipped. 


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-6069)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the html.parser.HTMLParser class. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-8194)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in the “tarfile” module when handling tar archives with negative offsets. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted tar archive to the application and consume all available system resources, resulting in a deadlock and a denial of service. 


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.