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RHEL 8 : python3.11-urllib3 (RHSA-2025:0078)

🗓️ 09 Jan 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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RHEL 8 has a vulnerable Python urllib3 package as per RHSA-2025:0078 advisory.

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    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):

    * urllib3: Request body not stripped after redirect from 303 status changes request method to GET
    (CVE-2023-45803)

    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_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2246840");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-45803");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/10/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/01/08");
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include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'Red Hat' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat');
var os_release = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
if (isnull(os_release)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'Red Hat');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'eq', os_version: os_release, rhel_version: '8.8')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Red Hat 8.8', 'Red Hat ' + os_release);

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 = [
  {
    'release': '8.8',
    'repo_relative_urls': [
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/e4s/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/aarch64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/ppc64le/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/s390x/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/eus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/debug',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/os',
      'content/tus/rhel8/8.8/x86_64/appstream/source/SRPMS'
    ],
    'pkgs': [
      {'reference':'python3.11-urllib3-1.26.12-1.el8_8.2', 'sp':'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;
var repo_relative_urls;

foreach var constraint ( constraints ) {
  # Check that the target release is equal to the affected release
  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['release'])){
    if (constraint['release'] != os_release) continue;
  }

  if (!empty_or_null(constraint['repo_relative_urls'])) repo_relative_urls = constraint['repo_relative_urls'];

  foreach var pkg ( constraint['pkgs'] ) {
    var reference = 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['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 &&
        rhel_decide_repo_relative_url_check(required_repo_url_list:repo_relative_urls) &&
        (applicable_repo_urls || (!exists_check || rpm_exists(rpm:exists_check))) &&
        rpm_check(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' +
    'Extended 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, 'python3.11-urllib3');
}

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