USN-7271-2

It was discovered that virtualenv incorrectly handled paths when activating virtual environments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / python-virtualenv

Package

Name: python-virtualenv
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-virtualenv@20.25.0+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

20.25.0+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

20.*

20.24.1+ds-1

20.24.6+ds-1

20.24.6+ds-2

20.25.0+ds-1

20.25.0+ds-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "20.25.0+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-virtualenv"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "20.25.0+ds-2ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "virtualenv"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2024-53899",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}