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Fedora 33 : python-py (2020-8371993b6b)

high Nessus Plugin ID 144730

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

#### 1.10.0 (2020-12-12) ####

 - Fix a regular expression DoS vulnerability in the py.path.svnwc SVN blame functionality (CVE-2020-29651)

 - Update vendored apipkg: 1.4 => 1.5

 - Update vendored iniconfig: 1.0.0 => 1.1.1

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Solution

Update the affected python-py package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-8371993b6b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 144730

File Name: fedora_2020-8371993b6b.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/5/2021

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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-2020-29651

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:fedoraproject:fedora:python-py, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:33

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/5/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29651