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AlmaLinux 8 : python39:3.9 and python39-devel:3.9 (ALSA-2024:5962)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206320

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:5962 advisory.

 * python: incorrect IPv4 and IPv6 private ranges (CVE-2024-4032)
 * pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools (CVE-2024-6345)
 * cpython: python: email module doesn't properly quotes newlines in email headers, allowing header injection (CVE-2024-6923)
 * python: cpython: From NVD collector (CVE-2024-8088)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-5962.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206320

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-5962.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/29/2024

Updated: 9/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8088

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-packaging, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pytest, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-mod_wsgi, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-idna, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-ply, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-chardet, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-libs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pip, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-toml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-py, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-requests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cython, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-test, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-scipy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-wheel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-iniconfig, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-lxml, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pluggy, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-cffi, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-six, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pybind11-devel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-idle, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pysocks, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-psutil, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-setuptools-wheel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-numpy-doc, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-pybind11, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python39-attrs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4032, CVE-2024-6345, CVE-2024-6923, CVE-2024-8088

CWE: 440, 835, 94