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RockyLinux 9 : python3.11-urllib3 (RLSA-2024:11238)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 232878

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:11238 advisory.

 * urllib3: Request body not stripped after redirect from 303 status changes request method to GET (CVE-2023-45803)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 python3.11-urllib3 package.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:11238

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246840

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 232878

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-11238.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2025

Updated: 3/19/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-45803

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.2

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3.11-urllib3, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-45803