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Oracle Linux 8 : python27:2.7 (ELSA-2024-2987)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198035

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2987 advisory.

 - Fix CVE-2021-20095 Resolves: rhbz#1955615
 - Fix CVE-2019-6446
 - Fix CVE-2014-1858, CVE-2014-1859: #1062009, #1062359
 - Security fix for CVE-2022-48560 Resolves: RHEL-16702
 - Fix for CVE-2022-48565 Resolves: RHEL-7088

 python2-rpm-macros python2-setuptools
 - Fix for CVE-2022-40897 Resolves: RHEL-9763

 python2-six python-attrs python-backports python-backports-ssl_match_hostname python-chardet
 - Security fix for CVE-2024-22195 Resolves: RHEL-21348
 - Fix CVE-2020-28493: ReDOS vulnerability due to the sub-pattern Resolves: rhbz#1928707
 - Security fix for CVE-2021-43818 Resolves: rhbz#2032569
 - Security fix for CVE-2021-28957 Resolves: rhbz#1941534
 - Security fix for CVE-2020-27783: mXSS due to the use of improper parser Resolves: rhbz#1901633
 - Security fix for CVE-2023-32681 Resolves: rhbz#2209469
 - Update to v2.20.0 for CVE-2018-18074.
 - Remove patch for CVE-2015-2296, now included in the upstream release.
 - Backport fix for CVE-2015-2296.
 - Security fix for CVE-2023-43804 Resolves: RHEL-11993
 - Security fix for CVE-2020-26137 Resolves: rhbz#1883890
 - Rebased to 1.24.2 to fix CVE-2019-11324
 - Added patches for CVE-2019-11236 (AKA CVE-2019-9740)
 - Add patch for CVE-2014-9130 (bug 1204829)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-2987.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198035

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-2987.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2024

Updated: 9/9/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43804

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docutils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docs-info, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytest, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-chardet, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-funcsigs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-py, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-coverage, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pygments, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-ipaddress, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-backports-ssl_match_hostname, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-requests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytest-mock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-nose, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymysql, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-lxml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pytz, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-setuptools_scm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-babel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-mock, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:babel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-six, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-idna, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-attrs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-scipy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-backports, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-dns, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-bson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python2-cython

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40897, CVE-2022-48560, CVE-2022-48565, CVE-2023-43804, CVE-2024-22195

IAVA: 2023-A-0442-S