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RHEL 8 : python27:2.7 (RHSA-2023:5993)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189654

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python27:2.7.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:5993 advisory.

 - python: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)

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 python27:2.7 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:5993.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5acc4658

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

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2235789

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5993

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189654

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-5993.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2024

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40217

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.6, 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:numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-backports, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-coverage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-ipaddress, 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-mock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pygments, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-cython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-attrs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-babel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-backports, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-chardet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-coverage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-dns, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-docs-info, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-idna, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-ipaddress, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-lxml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-mock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-psycopg2-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pygments, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pytest, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pytz, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-requests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-six, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python2-wheel-wheel, 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: 10/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-40217

CWE: 305

IAVA: 2023-A-0442

RHSA: 2023:5993