RHEL 8 : python36:3.6 (RHSA-2024:10953)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 212505

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python36:3.6.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2024:10953 advisory.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

* virtualenv: potential command injection via virtual environment activation scripts (CVE-2024-53899)

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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL python36:3.6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2024:10953.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 212505

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2024-10953.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 12/11/2024

Updated: 12/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-53899

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-distro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymysql, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-distro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pygments, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pygments

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: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-53899

CWE: 78

RHSA: 2024:10953

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