AlmaLinux 8 : python36:3.6 (ALSA-2025:8419)

high Nessus Plugin ID 237795

Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:8419 advisory.

* python-pymongo: Out-of-bounds read in bson module (CVE-2024-5629)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-8419.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:8419

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 237795

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-8419.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/5/2025

Updated: 6/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

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:alma:linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python36-debug, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-scipy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python36, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-pymongo, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::appstream, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-docutils, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-distro, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-nose, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::powertools, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python36-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python36-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python-pymongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python-virtualenv-doc, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-docs, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:8::sap, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-bson, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-pygments

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/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

CWE: 125

RHSA: 2025:8419