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RockyLinux 8 : python-cryptography (RLSA-2025:14553)

high Nessus Plugin ID 261711

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Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2025:14553 advisory.

 * python-cryptography: NULL-dereference when loading PKCS7 certificates (CVE-2023-49083)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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-cryptography-debugsource, python3-cryptography and / or python3-cryptography-debuginfo packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:14553

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2255331

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 261711

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2025-14553.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 9/8/2025

Updated: 9/8/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49083

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-cryptography-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-cryptography-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49083