AlmaLinux 8 : python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (ALSA-2023:3781)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177616

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2023:3781 advisory.

- An issue in the urllib.parse component of Python before 3.11.4 allows attackers to bypass blocklisting methods by supplying a URL that starts with blank characters. (CVE-2023-24329)

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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-3781.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177616

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2023-3781.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2023

Updated: 6/26/2023

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:N/I:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-24329

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-psutil, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-six, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-requests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-lxml, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-ply, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-py, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-numpy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-babel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-attrs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-numpy-f2py, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-jinja2, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pytest, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-idna, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-chardet, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-cython, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-numpy-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-cffi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-scipy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python38-pytz

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-24329

CWE: 20