RHEL 7 : python-virtualenv (RHSA-2022:5234)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162584

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-virtualenv.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:5234 advisory.

The virtualenv tool creates isolated Python environments. The virtualenv tool is a successor to workingenv, and an extension of virtual-python.

Security Fix(es):

* python-pip: directory traversal in _download_http_url() function in src/pip/_internal/download.py (CVE-2019-20916)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) 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 python-virtualenv package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:5234.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?17b9b8e0

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:5234

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1868135

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162584

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-5234.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2022

Updated: 11/8/2024

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: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv, 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: 6/28/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20916

CWE: 22

RHSA: 2022:5234