RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-werkzeug) (RHSA-2024:0189)

high Nessus Plugin ID 194379

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-werkzeug).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:0189 advisory.

Werkzeug is a WSGI utility module. It includes a debugger, request and response objects, HTTP utilities to handle entity tags, cache control headers, HTTP dates, cookie handling, file uploads, a URL routing system and a numerous community contributed add-on modules.

Werkzeug is unicode aware and does not enforce a specific template engine, database adapter or a specific way of handling requests. It is useful for end user applications, such as blogs, wikis, and bulletin boards, that need to operate in a wide variety of server environments.

Security Fix(es):

* high resource consumption leading to denial of service (CVE-2023-46136)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page 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 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-werkzeug) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:0189.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 194379

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-0189.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/28/2024

Updated: 11/7/2024

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: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46136

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-werkzeug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-werkzeug, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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: 1/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46136

CWE: 407

RHSA: 2024:0189

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