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RHEL 9 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1.1 (python-gevent) (RHSA-2023:7438)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 194393
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1.1 (python-gevent).Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7438 advisory.gevent is a coroutine-based Python networking library that uses greenlet to provide a high-level synchronous API on top of libevent event loop.
Security Fix(es):
* python-gevent: privilege escalation via a crafted script to the WSGIServer component (CVE-2023-41419)
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 Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1.1 (python-gevent) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7438.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b0433f47
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 194393
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7438.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 4/28/2024
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: 6.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-41419
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-gevent, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-gevent, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
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: 11/21/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-41419