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RockyLinux 8 : python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8 (RLSA-2023:7050)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 299295
Synopsis
The remote RockyLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:7050 advisory.* python: tarfile module directory traversal (CVE-2007-4559)
* python-requests: Unintended leak of Proxy-Authorization header (CVE-2023-32681)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:7050
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 299295
File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7050.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 2/17/2026
Updated: 2/17/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-4559
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32681
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-requests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cython, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-psycopg2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pyyaml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3x-six, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-idna, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-lxml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:scipy-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:babel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-lxml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-numpy-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psutil-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cython, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3x-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-wcwidth, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-numpy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:scipy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cffi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:numpy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-attrs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-babel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-rpm-macros, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-ply, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-attrs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-scipy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pytest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-py, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-chardet, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-urllib3, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pytz, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3x-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-markupsafe-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-packaging, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-idle, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-chardet, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-numpy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pyparsing, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psutil, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-cryptography-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-packaging, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pytest, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-asn1crypto, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pycparser, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-psycopg2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psycopg2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cffi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:cython-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-setuptools-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-requests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cryptography-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-debug, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-markupsafe-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-six, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psycopg2-tests, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pip-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pysocks, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-mod_wsgi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pluggy, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-idna, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-libs, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-lxml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-lxml-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-pytz, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:numpy-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-more-itertools, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-psycopg2-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:pyyaml-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-cffi, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-ply, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-psutil, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cython-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-cryptography, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-scipy-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-markupsafe, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-cffi-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-psutil-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-atomicwrites, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-more-itertools, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-jinja2, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3x-pip, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python38-test
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/17/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-4559, CVE-2023-32681