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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : python-requests (SUSE-SU-2024:2685-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 204948

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2685-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-32681: Fixed unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (bsc#1211674).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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-requests package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211674

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-August/036241.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32681

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 204948

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2685-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2024

Updated: 8/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-requests, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32681

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2685-1