RHEL 8 : python-requests (RHSA-2024:0299)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189192

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-requests.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0299 advisory.

The python-requests package contains a library designed to make HTTP requests easy for developers.

Security Fix(es):

* python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (CVE-2023-32681)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise 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 RHEL python-requests package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0299.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2306bffd

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2209469

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:0299

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 189192

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0299.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/18/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-requests, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32681

CWE: 402

RHSA: 2024:0299