CentOS 8 : python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (CESA-2021:4162)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155064

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2021:4162 advisory.

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

- python: Unsafe use of eval() on data retrieved via HTTP in the test suite (CVE-2020-27619)

- python-jinja2: ReDoS vulnerability in the urlize filter (CVE-2020-28493)

- python: Web cache poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs by using a semicolon in query parameters (CVE-2021-23336)

- python-lxml: Missing input sanitization for formaction HTML5 attributes may lead to XSS (CVE-2021-28957)

- python-ipaddress: Improper input validation of octal strings (CVE-2021-29921)

- python-urllib3: ReDoS in the parsing of authority part of URL (CVE-2021-33503)

- python: Information disclosure via pydoc (CVE-2021-3426)

- python-pip: Incorrect handling of unicode separators in git references (CVE-2021-3572)

- python-babel: Relative path traversal allows attacker to load arbitrary locale files and execute arbitrary code (CVE-2021-42771)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4162

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 155064

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4162.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29921

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-cython, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-attrs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-babel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-cffi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-chardet, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-idle, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-idna, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-lxml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-numpy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-packaging, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pip, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-ply, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-psutil, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-py, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pytest, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pytz, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-requests, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-scipy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-six, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-wheel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python38-wheel-wheel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18874, CVE-2020-28493, CVE-2021-23336, CVE-2021-28957, CVE-2021-29921, CVE-2021-33503, CVE-2021-3426, CVE-2021-3572, CVE-2021-42771

IAVA: 2021-A-0052-S, 2021-A-0263-S

RHSA: 2021:4162