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RHEL 8 : python3 (RHSA-2023:5528)

🗓️ 09 Oct 2023 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 8 python3 TLS handshake bypass security update (RHSA-2023:5528

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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:5528. The text
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"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2023:5528 advisory.

    Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules,
    classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to
    many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

    Security Fix(es):

    * python: TLS handshake bypass (CVE-2023-40217)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and
    other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
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  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss4_threat_vector", value:"CVSS:4.0/E:U");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-40217");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(305);
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Important");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/08/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/10/09");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_tus:8.2");
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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl", "redhat_repos.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/release');
if (isnull(os_release) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Red Hat Enterprise Linux.*release ([0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '8.2')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.2', 'Red Hat ' + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Red Hat', cpu);

var constraints = [
  {
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/aus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'platform-python-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-debug-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-debug-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-debug-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-devel-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-devel-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'platform-python-devel-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-idle-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-idle-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-idle-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libs-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libs-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-libs-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-test-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-test-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-test-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-tkinter-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'i686', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-tkinter-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'ppc64le', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
      {'reference':'python3-tkinter-3.6.8-24.el8_2.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
    ]
  }
];

var applicable_repo_urls = rhel_determine_applicable_repository_urls(constraints:constraints);
if(applicable_repo_urls == RHEL_REPOS_NO_OVERLAP_MESSAGE) exit(0, RHEL_REPO_NOT_ENABLED);

var flag = 0;
foreach var constraint_array ( constraints ) {
  var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint_array['repo_relative_urls'];
  foreach var pkg ( constraint_array['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = NULL;
    var _release = NULL;
    var sp = NULL;
    var _cpu = NULL;
    var el_string = NULL;
    var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
    var epoch = NULL;
    var allowmaj = NULL;
    var exists_check = NULL;
    var cves = NULL;
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['reference'])) reference = pkg['reference'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + pkg['release'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['sp'])) sp = pkg['sp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cpu'])) _cpu = pkg['cpu'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['el_string'])) el_string = pkg['el_string'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = pkg['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['epoch'])) epoch = pkg['epoch'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = pkg['allowmaj'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['exists_check'])) exists_check = pkg['exists_check'];
    if (!empty_or_null(pkg['cves'])) cves = pkg['cves'];
    if (reference &&
        _release &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj, cves:cves)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  var subscription_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux\n' +
    'Advanced Update Support, Telco Extended Update Support or Update Services for SAP Solutions repositories.\n' +
    'Access to these repositories requires a paid RHEL subscription.\n';
  var extra = NULL;
  if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
  else extra = subscription_caveat + rpm_report_get();
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : extra
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'platform-python / platform-python-debug / platform-python-devel / etc');
}

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08 Nov 2024 00:00Current
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Vulners AI Score7.1
CVSS 3.15.3
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