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CVE-2024-0397

Memory race condition in ssl.SSLContext certificate store methods

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.8.20, 3.9.20, 3.10.14, 3.11.9, 3.12.3, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: total

Summary

A defect was discovered in the Python “ssl” module where there is a memory race condition with the ssl.SSLContext methods “cert_store_stats()” and “get_ca_certs()”. The race condition can be triggered if the methods are called at the same time as certificates are loaded into the SSLContext, such as during the TLS handshake with a certificate directory configured. This issue is fixed in CPython 3.10.14, 3.11.9, 3.12.3, and 3.13.0a5.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Python Software Foundation CPython

    fixed in 3.8.20; From 3.9.0 · fixed in 3.9.20; From 3.10.0 · fixed in 3.10.14; From 3.11.0 · fixed in 3.11.9; From 3.12.0 · fixed in 3.12.3; From 3.13.0a1 · fixed in 3.13.0a5

References 10

GitHub · python/cpython

mail.python.org

openwall.com