RHEL 7 : OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.36 python-psutil (RHSA-2020:2593)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138029

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.36 python-psutil.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:2593 advisory.

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments.

Security Fix(es):

* python-psutil: double free because of refcount mishandling (CVE-2019-18874)

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL OpenShift Container Platform 4.2.36 python-psutil package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:2593.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?309f990f

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2593

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1772014

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138029

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-2593.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/1/2020

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psutil, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18874

CWE: 416

RHSA: 2020:2593