RHEL 8 : python3.12 (RHSA-2024:6961)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207654

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for python3.12.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:6961 advisory.

Python 3.12 is an accessible, high-level, dynamically typed, interpreted programming language, designed with an emphasis on code readability. It includes an extensive standard library, and has a vast ecosystem of third-party libraries. The python3.12 package provides the python3.12 executable: the reference interpreter for the Python language, version 3. The majority of its standard library is provided in the python3.12-libs package, which should be installed automatically along with python3.12. The remaining parts of the Python standard library are broken out into the python3.12-tkinter and python3.12-test packages, which may need to be installed separately. Documentation for Python is provided in the python3.12-docs package. Packages containing additional libraries for Python are generally named with the python3.12- prefix. For the unversioned python executable, see manual page unversioned-python.

Security Fix(es):

* python: incorrect IPv4 and IPv6 private ranges (CVE-2024-4032)

* cpython: python: email module doesn't properly quotes newlines in email headers, allowing header injection (CVE-2024-6923)

* python: cpython: Iterating over a malicious ZIP file may lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-8088)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 RHEL python3.12 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:6961.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207654

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-6961.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 9/24/2024

Updated: 9/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6923

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 Score Source: CVE-2024-4032

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3.12-rpm-macros, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Reference Information

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

CWE: 440, 835

RHSA: 2024:6961

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