RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.9 (python-ujson) (RHSA-2022:8864)

high Nessus Plugin ID 170380

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.9 (python-ujson).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8864 advisory.

UltraJSON is an ultra fast JSON encoder and decoder

Security Fix(es):

* improper decoding of escaped surrogate characters may lead to string corruption key confusion or value overwriting (CVE-2022-31116)

* Potential double free of buffer during string decoding (CVE-2022-31117)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL Red Hat OpenStack Platform 16.1.9 (python-ujson) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8864.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8707bd7c

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

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8864

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2104739

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2104740

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 170380

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8864.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31116

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:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-ujson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-ujson, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 7/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31116, CVE-2022-31117

CWE: 228, 415

RHSA: 2022:8864