EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : python-configobj (EulerOS-SA-2024-1664)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197278

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS Virtualization host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the python-configobj package installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- All versions of the package configobj are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the validate function, using (.+?)\((.*)\). **Note:** This is only exploitable in the case of a developer, putting the offending value in a server side configuration file. (CVE-2023-26112)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python-configobj packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?104bd2b5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197278

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2024-1664.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Published: 5/17/2024

Updated: 5/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-26112

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:uvp:3.0.6.6, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python-configobj

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-26112