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Fedora 38 : mingw-python-certifi (2023-b88b72e3e1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 179726

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-b88b72e3e1 advisory.

 Update to certifi-2023.7.22.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 affected mingw-python-certifi package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-b88b72e3e1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 179726

File Name: fedora_2023-b88b72e3e1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2023

Updated: 11/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-37920

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:38, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mingw-python-certifi

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-37920