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EulerOS 2.0 SP8 : python-setuptools (EulerOS-SA-2023-1607)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 174202
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.Description
According to the versions of the python-setuptools packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- Python Packaging Authority (PyPA) setuptools before 65.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via HTML in a crafted package or custom PackageIndex page. There is a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py. (CVE-2022-40897)
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Solution
Update the affected python-setuptools packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 174202
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2023-1607.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 4/13/2023
Updated: 4/19/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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:huawei:euleros:python-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python2-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python3-setuptools, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp
Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-40897