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##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2023:6615. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Red Hat, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(185131);
script_version("1.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/03/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2023-23931");
script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2023:6615");
script_name(english:"RHEL 9 : python-cryptography (RHSA-2023:6615)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-cryptography.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in
the RHSA-2023:6615 advisory.
The python-cryptography packages contain a Python Cryptographic Authority's (PyCA's) cryptography library,
which provides cryptographic primitives and recipes to Python developers.
Security Fix(es):
* python-cryptography: memory corruption via immutable objects (CVE-2023-23931)
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.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3 Release Notes
linked from 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
number.");
# https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.3_release_notes/index
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?619e5320");
# https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2023/rhsa-2023_6615.json
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?691eda8e");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2171817");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2172399");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2203840");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:6615");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the RHEL python-cryptography package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6615.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/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:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-23931");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(754);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_severity", value:"Moderate");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/02/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/11/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/07");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-cryptography");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-cryptography");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Red Hat Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023-2025 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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: 'ge', os_version: os_ver, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 9.x', '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/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.1/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.2/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.3/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.4/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.5/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/aarch64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/ppc64le/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/s390x/baseos/os',
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'content/dist/rhel9/9.6/x86_64/baseos/os',
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'content/dist/rhel9/9.7/aarch64/baseos/os',
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'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9/s390x/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/debug',
'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/os',
'content/dist/rhel9/9/x86_64/baseos/source/SRPMS',
'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/baseos/debug',
'content/public/ubi/dist/ubi9/9/aarch64/baseos/os',
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]
}
];
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 extra = NULL;
if (isnull(applicable_repo_urls) || !applicable_repo_urls) extra = rpm_report_get() + redhat_report_repo_caveat();
else extra = 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, 'python3-cryptography');
}
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