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Ubuntu 24.04 LTS : python-cryptography vulnerability (USN-6673-3)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197940

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6673-3 advisory.

 USN-6673-1 provided a security update for python-cryptography. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.

 Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that python-cryptography incorrectly handled memory

 operations when processing mismatched PKCS#12 keys. A remote attacker could

 possibly use this issue to cause python-cryptography to crash, leading to a

 denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 23.10. (CVE-2024-26130)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected python3-cryptography package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6673-3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197940

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6673-3.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/27/2024

Updated: 5/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2024-26130

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-cryptography, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26130

USN: 6673-3