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RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.4 (numpy) (RHSA-2022:8852)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 170363
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.2.4 (numpy).Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8852 advisory.A fast multidimensional array facility for Python
Security Fix(es):
* NULL pointer dereference in numpy.sort in the PyArray_DescrNew() due to missing return-value validation (CVE-2021-41495)
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 16.2.4 (numpy) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8852.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?96480d0d
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 170363
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8852.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/23/2023
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.5
Temporal Score: 2.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41495
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:numpy, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-numpy-f2py
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: 12/7/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-41495