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CentOS 7 : python-virtualenv (CESA-2020:0851)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134904

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0851 advisory.

 - python-requests: Redirect from HTTPS to HTTP does not remove Authorization header (CVE-2018-18074)

 - python-urllib3: Cross-host redirect does not remove Authorization header allow for credential exposure (CVE-2018-20060)

 - python-urllib3: CRLF injection due to not encoding the '\r\n' sequence leading to possible attack on internal service (CVE-2019-11236)

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 python-virtualenv package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ea942c49

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134904

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-0851.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2020

Updated: 6/5/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-virtualenv, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18074, CVE-2018-20060, CVE-2019-11236

RHSA: 2020:0851