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CentOS 9 : python3.9-3.9.19-8.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 206291

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for python-unversioned-command.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the python3.9-3.9.19-8.el9 build changelog.

 - There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython zipfile module affecting zipfile.Path.
 Note that the more common API zipfile.ZipFile class is unaffected. When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods of zipfile.Path like namelist(), iterdir(), etc) the process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted zip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting the contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling user- controlled zip archives are not affected. (CVE-2024-8088)

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 CentOS 9 Stream python-unversioned-command package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=67833

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206291

File Name: centos9_python3_9-3_9_19-8_67833.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2024

Updated: 9/18/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8088

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:H/I:N/A:N

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-idle, cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-unversioned-command

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8088