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Amazon Linux AMI : python38 (ALAS-2024-1936)

high Nessus Plugin ID 196929

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of python38 installed on the remote host is prior to 3.8.5-1.11. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS-2024-1936 advisory.

 An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.2, 3.11.8, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior.

 The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances. (CVE-2023-6597)

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 python38' to update your system.

See Also

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

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-6597.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1936.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 196929

File Name: ala_ALAS-2024-1936.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-debug, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python38-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6597