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Fedora 36 : python3.8 (2022-0aa4e5756a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 169265

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-0aa4e5756a advisory.

 - The release you're looking at is Python 3.8.15, a security bugfix release for the legacy 3.8 series.
 https://docs.python.org/release/3.8.15/whatsnew/changelog.html#python-3-8-15-final (FEDORA-2022-0aa4e5756a)

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 python3.8 package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2022-0aa4e5756a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 169265

File Name: fedora_2022-0aa4e5756a.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2022

Updated: 12/23/2022

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:36, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python3.8

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2022

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