tqdm up to 4.66.2 injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in tqdm up to 4.66.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-34062. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in tqdm up to 4.66.2. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

tqdm is an open source progress bar for Python and CLI. Any optional non-boolean CLI arguments (e.g. `--delim`, `--buf-size`, `--manpath`) are passed through python's `eval`, allowing arbitrary code execution. This issue is only locally exploitable and had been addressed in release version 4.66.3. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-34062 since 04/30/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1055 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 214284 (Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : tqdm vulnerability (USN-7216-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 4.66.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 4e613f84ed2ae029559f539464df83fa91feb316 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (214284). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• tqdm

Version

• 4.66.0
• 4.66.1
• 4.66.2

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• open-source

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• Product: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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