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RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) (RHSA-2021:2116)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 149997

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2116 advisory.

 A comprehensive HTTP client library that supports many features left out of other HTTP libraries.

 Security Fix(es):

 * CRLF injection via an attacker controlled unescaped part of uri for httplib2.Http.request function (CVE-2020-11078)

 * Regular expression denial of service via malicious header (CVE-2021-21240)

 For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page 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 these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.6 (python-httplib2) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2116.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1845937

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1926885

http://www.nessus.org/u?6a11246a

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2116

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 149997

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2116.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2021

Updated: 6/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11078

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-httplib2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-httplib2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11078, CVE-2021-21240

CWE: 113, 400

RHSA: 2021:2116