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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-requests (SUSE-SU-2023:2866-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178453

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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-2023:2866-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-32681: Fixed unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (bsc#1211674).

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 python2-requests and / or python3-requests packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211674

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-32681

http://www.nessus.org/u?f136ebdb

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178453

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2866-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/19/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

Percentile: 51.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-requests, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-requests

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32681

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2866-1