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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: Cython-debugsource / PyYAML-debugsource / numpy-debugsource / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2024_2985)

high Nessus Plugin ID 356147

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_2985 advisory.

 * pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)

 * python-cryptography: memory corruption via immutable objects (CVE-2023-23931)

 * python: Parsing errors in email/_parseaddr.py lead to incorrect value in email address part of tuple (CVE-2023-27043)

 * python-urllib3: Cookie request header isn't stripped during cross-origin redirects (CVE-2023-43804)

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_2985.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2985

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158559

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2171817

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196183

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242493

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2024:2985

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e4ffe90

http://www.nessus.org/u?86ca70b5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 356147

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2024_2985.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43804

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 7.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40897

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-40897, CVE-2023-23931, CVE-2023-27043, CVE-2023-43804