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Oracle Linux 8 : python-requests (ELSA-2025-0012)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 213469

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-0012 advisory.

 - Security fix for CVE-2024-35195 Resolves: RHEL-37605
 - Security fix for CVE-2023-32681 Resolves: rhbz#2209469
 - Update to v2.20.0 for CVE-2018-18074.
 - Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release.
 - Backport fix for CVE-2015-2296.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle 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 affected python3-requests package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2025-0012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 213469

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2025-0012.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/3/2025

Updated: 1/3/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-35195

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8::baseos_latest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-requests, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8:10:baseos_patch

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-35195