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Fedora 43 : python-h11 / python-httpcore (2025-5d6c60c63a)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 238231

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 43 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-5d6c60c63a advisory.

 Update python-h11 to version 0.16.0 to resolve CVE-2025-43859. This also requires updating python- httpcore to version 1.0.9 to raise it's upper dependency bound on h11.

 * https://github.com/python-hyper/h11/security/advisories/GHSA-vqfr-h8mv-ghfj
 * https://github.com/python-hyper/h11/blob/v0.16.0/docs/source/changes.rst
 * https://github.com/encode/httpcore/blob/1.0.9/CHANGELOG.md

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 python-h11 and / or python-httpcore packages.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5d6c60c63a

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 238231

File Name: fedora_2025-5d6c60c63a.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/11/2025

Updated: 6/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:C/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-43859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-httpcore, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-h11, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-43859