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AlmaLinux 8 : python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ALSA-2023:2764)
high Nessus Plugin ID 176154
Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2023:2764 advisory.* python: int() type in PyLong_FromString() does not limit amount of digits converting text to int leading to DoS (CVE-2020-10735)
* python: open redirection vulnerability in lib/http/server.py may lead to information disclosure (CVE-2021-28861)
* python: CPU denial of service via inefficient IDNA decoder (CVE-2022-45061)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 176154
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-2764.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2023
Updated: 1/13/2025
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28861
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.4
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pytest, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-idna, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-ply, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-chardet, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-toml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-py, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-requests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cython, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-scipy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wheel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-iniconfig, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-lxml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pluggy, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cffi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-six, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pybind11-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-idle, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pysocks, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psutil, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-setuptools-wheel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pybind11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-attrs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2022