RHEL 8 : python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (RHSA-2023:6068)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183782

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python39:3.9 / python39-devel:3.9.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6068 advisory.

- python: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)

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 python39:3.9 / python39-devel:3.9 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6068.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?992f2f56

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235789

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6068

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183782

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6068.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/24/2023

Updated: 4/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pybind11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-iniconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-ply, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-toml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-iniconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-ply, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pybind11, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pybind11-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-toml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:scipy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40217

CWE: 305

IAVA: 2023-A-0442

RHSA: 2023:6068