CentOS 7 : python-urllib3 (CESA-2019:2272)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128379

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An update for python-urllib3 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The python-urllib3 package provides the Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.

Security Fix(es) :

* python-urllib3: Cross-host redirect does not remove Authorization header allow for credential exposure (CVE-2018-20060)

* python-urllib3: CRLF injection due to not encoding the '\r\n' sequence leading to possible attack on internal service (CVE-2019-11236)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected python-urllib3 package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128379

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2272.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/30/2019

Updated: 4/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20060

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-urllib3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20060, CVE-2019-11236

RHSA: 2019:2272

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