Oracle Linux 8 : python27:2.7 (ELSA-2023-7042)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 186103

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2023-7042 advisory.

- Fix CVE-2021-20095 Resolves: rhbz#1955615
- Fix CVE-2019-6446
- Fix CVE-2014-1858, CVE-2014-1859: #1062009, #1062359
- Security fix for CVE-2023-40217 Resolves: RHEL-9621
- Security fix for CVE-2023-24329 Resolves: rhbz#2173917

python2-rpm-macros python2-setuptools python2-six python-attrs python-backports python-backports-ssl_match_hostname python-chardet
- Fix CVE-2020-28493: ReDOS vulnerability due to the sub-pattern Resolves: rhbz#1928707
- Security fix for CVE-2021-43818 Resolves: rhbz#2032569
- Security fix for CVE-2021-28957 Resolves: rhbz#1941534
- Security fix for CVE-2020-27783: mXSS due to the use of improper parser Resolves: rhbz#1901633
- Security fix for CVE-2023-32681 Resolves: rhbz#2209469
- Update to v2.20.0 for CVE-2018-18074.
- Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release.
- Backport fix for CVE-2015-2296.
- Security fix for CVE-2020-26137 Resolves: rhbz#1883890
- Rebased to 1.24.2 to fix CVE-2019-11324
- Added patches for CVE-2019-11236 (AKA CVE-2019-9740)
- Add patch for CVE-2014-9130 (bug 1204829)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-7042.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 186103

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-7042.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/21/2023

Updated: 11/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-scipy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymysql, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-backports, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-lxml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-mock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-py, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:babel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pip, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:8:9:appstream_base, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-coverage, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-requests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytz, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-bson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-idna, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docs-info, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-attrs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-babel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pygments, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-nose, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-six, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-cython, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-ipaddress, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docutils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-chardet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2-debug

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32681