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RHEL 8 : python36:3.6 (RHSA-2025:8419)
high Nessus Plugin ID 237687
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python36:3.6.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:8419 advisory.Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.
Security Fix(es):
* python-pymongo: Out-of-bounds read in bson module (CVE-2024-5629)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
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 python36:3.6 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2025:8419.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2290585
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 237687
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2025-8419.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/3/2025
Updated: 6/5/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Low
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.4
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-5629
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-distro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-wheel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pymongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-nose, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymysql, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.10, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python36-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-distro, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-virtualenv-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-scipy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-pygments, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-pygments
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: 6/3/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2024-5629