RHEL 7 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (python-waitress) (RHSA-2022:1264)

high Nessus Plugin ID 159597

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (python-waitress).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:1264 advisory.

Pure-python WSGI server

Security Fix(es):

* Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (CVE-2022-24761)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (python-waitress) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:1264.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3d84ab29

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1264

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2065086

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 159597

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-1264.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24761

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-waitress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-waitress, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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: 4/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24761

CWE: 444

RHSA: 2022:1264