SUSE SLED15: python-atomicwrites-doc / python2-apipkg / python2-atomicwrites / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:2831-1)

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:2831-1 advisory.

- Update in SLE-15 (bsc#1196696, bsc#1195916, jsc#SLE-23972)

- Remove redundant python3 dependency from Requires
- Update regular expression to fix python shebang
- Style is enforced upstream and triggers unnecessary build version requirements
- Allow specifying fs_id in cloudwatch log group name
- Includes fix for stunnel path
- Added hardening to systemd service(s).
- Raise minimal pytest version
- Fix typo in the ansi2html Requires
- Cleanup with spec-cleaner
- Make sure the tests are really executed
- Remove useless devel dependency
- Multiprocessing support in Python 3.8 was broken, but is now fixed
- Bumpy the URL to point to github rather than to docs

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164269

File Name: suse_SU-2022-2831-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/18/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-iniconfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-apipkg, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-coverage, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-coverage, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-iniconfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-py, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-py, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-apipkg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-29651

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:2831-1

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