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RHEL 8 : python36:3.6 (RHSA-2024:11091)

🗓️ 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 8 has vulnerable Python packages affected by RHSA-2024:11091 advisory and CVE-2024-53899.

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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2024:11091. 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-2024:11091 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):

    * virtualenv: potential command injection via virtual environment activation scripts (CVE-2024-53899)

    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
number.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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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 appstreams = {
  'python36:3.6': [
    {
      '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'
      ],
      'pkgs': [
        {'reference':'python-nose-docs-1.3.7-30.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python-pymongo-doc-3.6.1-11.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python-sqlalchemy-doc-1.3.2-1.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python-virtualenv-doc-15.1.0-19.module+el8.2.0+22651+db2d74c8.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-bson-3.6.1-11.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-distro-1.4.0-2.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-docs-3.6.7-2.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-docutils-0.14-12.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-nose-1.3.7-30.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-pygments-2.2.0-20.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-pymongo-3.6.1-11.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-pymongo-gridfs-3.6.1-11.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-PyMySQL-0.8.0-10.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-scipy-1.0.0-20.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-sqlalchemy-1.3.2-1.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
        {'reference':'python3-virtualenv-15.1.0-19.module+el8.2.0+22651+db2d74c8.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
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        {'reference':'python36-rpm-macros-3.6.8-2.module+el8.1.0+3334+5cb623d7', 'sp':'2', 'release':'8', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
      ]
    }
  ]
};

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

var module_ver = get_kb_item('Host/RedHat/appstream/python36');
if (isnull(module_ver)) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Module python36:3.6');
if ('3.6' >!< module_ver) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, 'Module python36:' + module_ver);

var flag = 0;
var appstreams_found = 0;
foreach var module (keys(appstreams)) {
  var appstream = NULL;
  var appstream_name = NULL;
  var appstream_version = NULL;
  var appstream_split = split(module, sep:':', keep:FALSE);
  if (!empty_or_null(appstream_split)) {
    appstream_name = appstream_split[0];
    appstream_version = appstream_split[1];
    if (!empty_or_null(appstream_name)) appstream = get_one_kb_item('Host/RedHat/appstream/' + appstream_name);
  }
  if (!empty_or_null(appstream) && appstream_version == appstream || appstream_name == 'all') {
    appstreams_found++;
    foreach var module_array ( appstreams[module] ) {
      var repo_relative_urls = NULL;
      if (!empty_or_null(module_array['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = module_array['repo_relative_urls'];
      foreach var package_array ( module_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(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'RHEL' + package_array['release'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
        if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cves'])) cves = package_array['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 (!appstreams_found) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'Module python36:3.6');

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 repository.\n' +
    'Access to this repository 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, 'python-nose-docs / python-pymongo-doc / python-sqlalchemy-doc / etc');
}

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11 Feb 2025 00:00Current
7.8High risk
Vulners AI Score7.8
CVSS 3.17.8 - 8.4
EPSS0.01557
SSVC
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