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Fedora 36 : python3.7 (2022-9bca9dd6a5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169109

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-9bca9dd6a5 advisory.

 The release you're looking at is Python 3.7.15, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.7 series.
 https://docs.python.org/release/3.7.15/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-7-15-final

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected python3.7 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-9bca9dd6a5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169109

File Name: fedora_2022-9bca9dd6a5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/22/2022

Updated: 11/15/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python3.7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/13/2022

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