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AlmaLinux 9 : python-requests (ALSA-2025:12519)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 243399

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Synopsis

The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:12519 advisory.

 * requests: Requests vulnerable to .netrc credentials leak via malicious URLs (CVE-2024-47081)

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 python3-requests, python3-requests+security and / or python3-requests+socks packages.

See Also

https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-12519.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12519

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 243399

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-12519.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/4/2025

Updated: 8/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-47081

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::highavailability, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-requests%2bsecurity, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::crb, cpe:/o:alma:linux:9::nfv, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-requests%2bsocks, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:python3-requests

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/4/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-47081

CWE: 522

RHSA: 2025:12519