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openSUSE Security Update : python-urllib3 (openSUSE-2019-159)

low Nessus Plugin ID 122144

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for python-urllib3 fixes the following issues :

python-urllib3 was updated to version 1.22 (fate#326733, bsc#1110422) and contains new features and lots of bugfixes :

The full changelog can be found on :

https://github.com/Lukasa/urllib3/blob/1.22/CHANGES.rst

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2016-9015: TLS certificate validation vulnerability (bsc#1024540). (This issue did not affect our previous version 1.16.)

Non security issues fixed :

 - bsc#1074247: Fix test suite, use correct date (gh#shazow/urllib3#1303).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected python-urllib3 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1024540

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074247

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1110422

https://features.opensuse.org/326733

https://github.com/Lukasa/urllib3/blob/1.22/CHANGES.rst

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 122144

File Name: openSUSE-2019-159.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/13/2019

Updated: 6/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9015

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-urllib3

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9015