The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-3219US | —OT elevated | — | ||
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“socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the
socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX,
such as Windows. This pure-Python implementatio… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/29/3WEB
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/06fa244666ec6335a3b9bf2367e31b42b9a89b20FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0b65c8bf5367625673eafb92f85046a1b31259f2FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/220e31adeaaa8436c9ff234cba1398bc49e2bb6cFIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2621a8a40ba4b2c68ca564671b7daa5da80a4508FIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/31302f5fc24eecd693f0c8aaba7c2840b09b594dFIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3f5d9d12c74787fbf3f5891835c85cc15526c86dFIX
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5df322e91a40909e6904bbdbc0c3a6b6a9eead39FIX
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