RHEL 8 : python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RHSA-2021:4162)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 155193

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 155193

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-4162.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-ply, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-libs, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wheel-wheel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pip-wheel, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-urllib3, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-babel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pytz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psutil

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: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18874, CVE-2020-27619, CVE-2020-28493, CVE-2021-23336, CVE-2021-28957, CVE-2021-29921, CVE-2021-33503, CVE-2021-3426, CVE-2021-3572, CVE-2021-42771

CWE: 20, 200, 22, 400, 416, 444, 79, 835, 95

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

RHSA: 2021:4162

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