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Amazon Linux 2 : python-pip (ALAS-2023-2349)

low Nessus Plugin ID 186551

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2349 advisory.

 When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie pip installhg+...) with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision couldbe used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the hg clonecall (ie --config). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modifyhow and which repository is installed.
 This vulnerability does notaffect users who aren't installing from Mercurial. (CVE-2023-5752)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update python-pip' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2023-2349.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-5752.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 186551

File Name: al2_ALAS-2023-2349.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/4/2023

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-5752

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python2-pip, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-pip, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pip-wheel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5752