CentOS 8 : babel (CESA-2021:4201)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155195

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2021:4201 advisory.

- python-babel: Relative path traversal allows attacker to load arbitrary locale files and execute arbitrary code (CVE-2021-42771)

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-babel package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4201

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155195

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4201.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2021

Updated: 1/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42771

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-babel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/28/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42771

RHSA: 2021:4201