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openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-Twisted (openSUSE-SU-2022:0499-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 158220

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0499-1 advisory.

 - twisted is an event-driven networking engine written in Python. In affected versions twisted exposes cookies and authorization headers when following cross-origin redirects. This issue is present in the `twited.web.RedirectAgent` and `twisted.web. BrowserLikeRedirectAgent` functions. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds. (CVE-2022-21712)

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 affected python2-Twisted and / or python3-Twisted packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195667

http://www.nessus.org/u?7226c5ff

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-21712

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 158220

File Name: openSUSE-2022-0499-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/22/2022

Updated: 2/22/2022

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-21712

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-twisted, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python2-twisted

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21712