RHEL 8 : python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RHSA-2021:2583)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 165162

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python38:3.8 / python38-devel:3.8.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2021:2583 advisory.

- PyYAML: incomplete fix for CVE-2020-1747 (CVE-2020-14343)

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 RHEL python38:3.8 / python38-devel:3.8 packages based on the guidance in RHSA-2021:2583.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8f282e7f

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:2583

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1860466

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 165162

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2021-2583.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 4/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14343

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: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:babel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-ply, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pytz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-babel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-packaging, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-ply, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python38-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pytz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:scipy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14343

CWE: 20

RHSA: 2021:2583