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AlmaLinux 8 : resource-agents (ALSA-2024:6311)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206666

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2024:6311 advisory.

 * urllib3: proxy-authorization request header is not stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2024-37891)
 * pypa/setuptools: Remote code execution via download functions in the package_index module in pypa/setuptools (CVE-2024-6345)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2024-6311.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206666

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2024-6311.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 9/5/2024

Updated: 1/8/2026

Supported Sensors: 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-2024-6345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37891

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:resource-agents, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:resource-agents-aliyun, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:resource-agents-gcp, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:resource-agents-paf, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/4/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37891, CVE-2024-6345

CWE: 669, 94