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RHEL 8 : python-setuptools (RHSA-2023:0835)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 171727

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:0835 advisory.

 The python-setuptools package provides a collection of enhancements to Python distribution utilities allowing convenient building and distribution of Python packages.

 Security Fix(es):

 * pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)

 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-setuptools package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:0835.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?936f6ff0

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158559

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0835

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 171727

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-0835.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/21/2023

Updated: 11/7/2024

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: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40897

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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:platform-python-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-setuptools, 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: 2/21/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40897

CWE: 185

RHSA: 2023:0835