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RHEL 8 : Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-urllib3) (RHSA-2024:2734)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 197638

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-urllib3).

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2734 advisory.

 Python HTTP module with connection pooling and file POST abilities.

 Security Fix(es):

 * Request body not stripped after redirect from 303 status changes request method to GET (CVE-2023-45803)

 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-urllib3) package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:2734.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246840

http://www.nessus.org/u?efc9ef80

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2734

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 197638

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-2734.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/22/2024

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: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-urllib3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-urllib3

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: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45803

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2024:2734