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CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: python3 / python3-debug / python3-devel / python3-idle / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1720548714)

high Nessus Plugin ID 352891

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Synopsis

The CentOS Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1720548714 advisory.

 - An issue was found in the CPython `tempfile.TemporaryDirectory` class affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The tempfile.TemporaryDirectory class would dereference symlinks during cleanup of permissions-related errors. This means users which can run privileged programs are potentially able to modify permissions of files referenced by symlinks in some circumstances.
 (CVE-2023-6597)

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 based on the guidance in TuxCare advisory CENTOS7:CLSA-2024:1720548714.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2024:1720548714

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa311277

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 352891

File Name: tuxcare_centos_7_CLSA-2024-1720548714.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/30/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.8

Percentile: 56.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6597

CLSA: 2024:1720548714