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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-pip (SUSE-SU-2023:4987-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 187394

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4987-1 advisory.

 - When installing a package from a Mercurial VCS URL (ie pip install hg+...) with pip prior to v23.3, the specified Mercurial revision could be used to inject arbitrary configuration options to the hg clone call (ie --config). Controlling the Mercurial configuration can modify how and which repository is installed. This vulnerability does not affect users who aren't installing from Mercurial. (CVE-2023-5752)

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 python-pip and / or python3-pip packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217353

http://www.nessus.org/u?e6c212f8

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-5752

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 187394

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4987-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/29/2023

Updated: 12/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pip

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/28/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-5752

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4987-1