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RHEL 8 : python39:3.9 (RHSA-2022:8492)

high Nessus Plugin ID 167741

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python39:3.9.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2022:8492 advisory.

 - python: local privilege escalation via the multiprocessing forkserver start method (CVE-2022-42919)

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 python39:3.9 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:8492.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3ce46d3

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2138705

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8492

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 167741

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-8492.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2022

Updated: 4/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42919

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.4, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, 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-lxml, 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-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-toml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-cffi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-idle, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-ply, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psutil, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-toml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python39-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3x-six, 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: 11/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42919

CWE: 269

IAVA: 2022-A-0467-S, 2023-A-0061-S

RHSA: 2022:8492