Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: Cython-debugsource / PyYAML-debugsource / numpy-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_3466)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355033

Synopsis

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

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2024_3466 advisory.

* python39:3.9/python39: python: Path traversal on tempfile.TemporaryDirectory (CVE-2023-6597)

* python39:3.9/python39: python: The zipfile module is vulnerable to zip-bombs leading to denial of service (CVE-2024-0450)

* python39:3.9/python-idna: potential DoS via resource consumption via specially crafted inputs to idna.encode() (CVE-2024-3651)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2024_3466.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3466

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274779

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276518

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2276525

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:3466

http://www.nessus.org/u?029cfd96

http://www.nessus.org/u?34438484

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355033

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_3466.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

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: Unknown

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-2024-3651

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 5.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6597, CVE-2024-0450, CVE-2024-3651