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Fedora 39 : python-idna (2024-9176fdb518)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194961

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-9176fdb518 advisory.

 - potential DoS via resource consumption via specially crafted inputs to idna.encode() [fedora-all] (CVE-2024-3651)

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 python-idna package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-9176fdb518

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194961

File Name: fedora_2024-9176fdb518.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/3/2024

Updated: 5/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-3651

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:39, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-idna

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-3651