RHEL 9 : python-idna (RHSA-2024:3846)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200416

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-idna.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3846 advisory.

The hsakmt packages include a thunk library for AMD's Heterogeneous System Architecture (HSA) Linux kernel driver (amdkfd).

Security Fix(es):

* python-idna: potential DoS via resource consumption via specially crafted inputs to idna.encode() (CVE-2024-3651)

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 python-idna package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:3846.

See Also

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274779

http://www.nessus.org/u?93195ddc

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3846

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200416

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-3846.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-idna, 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: 6/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3651

CWE: 400

IAVA: 2024-A-0356

RHSA: 2024:3846