RHEL 9 : python-tornado (RHSA-2023:6523)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185117

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-tornado.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6523 advisory.

- python-tornado: open redirect vulnerability in StaticFileHandler under certain configurations (CVE-2023-28370)

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 python-tornado package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6523.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?329a15ca

http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2210199

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6523

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185117

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6523.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/7/2023

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: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tornado, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-tornado

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: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28370

CWE: 601

RHSA: 2023:6523