CVE-2024-39705
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39705
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | affected | |
| debian | bullseye | affected | |
| debian | forky | fixed | 3.9.1-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 3.9.1-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 3.9.1-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | nltk | <3.9 | 3.9 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-39705
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/2522
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/3266
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/441aecb7d33014bd08672232c6c8bb69c2ceaba2
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/nltk/PYSEC-2024-167.yaml
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/rce-in-python-nltk-cve-2024-39705-39706
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-39705
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.