CVE-2023-40217

NameCVE-2023-40217
DescriptionAn 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.)
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-3575-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
python2.7 (PTS)buster2.7.16-2+deb10u1vulnerable
buster (security)2.7.16-2+deb10u3fixed
bullseye2.7.18-8vulnerable
python3.10 (PTS)sid3.10.13-1fixed
python3.11 (PTS)bookworm3.11.2-6vulnerable
trixie, sid3.11.5-3fixed
python3.12 (PTS)trixie, sid3.12.0~rc2-1fixed
python3.7 (PTS)buster3.7.3-2+deb10u3vulnerable
buster (security)3.7.3-2+deb10u5vulnerable
python3.9 (PTS)bullseye3.9.2-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
python2.7sourcebuster2.7.16-2+deb10u3DLA-3575-1
python2.7source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.10source(unstable)3.10.13-1
python3.11source(unstable)3.11.5-1
python3.12source(unstable)3.12.0~rc1-2
python3.7source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.9source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

[bullseye] - python2.7 <ignored> (Unsupported in Bullseye, only included to build a few applications)
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/PEPLII27KYHLF4AK3ZQGKYNCRERG4YXY/
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/108310
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/108315
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0cb0c238d520a8718e313b52cffc356a5a7561bf (main)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/256586ab8776e4526ca594b4866b9a3492e628f1 (3.12)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/75a875e0df0530b75b1470d797942f90f4a718d3 (v3.11.5)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/37d7180cb647f0bed0c1caab0037f3bc82e2af96 (v3.10.13)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/264b1dacc67346efa0933d1e63f622676e0ed96b (v3.9.18)
Additional patches to stabilize the test suite may also be applied to all versions:
1. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/64f99350351bc46e016b2286f36ba7cd669b79e3
2. https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/592bacb6fc0833336c0453e818e9b95016e9fd47

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