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Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: platform-python-setuptools / python3-setuptools / etc (crlsa-2023_0835)
high Nessus Plugin ID 356412
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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_0835 advisory.* pypa-setuptools: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in package_index.py (CVE-2022-40897)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ 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 packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_0835.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0835
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2158559
https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:0835
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 356412
File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_0835.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: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.93
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Unknown
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Temporal Score: 4.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-40897
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 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
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: 2/22/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-40897