RHSA-2020:2583
Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2020-06-22 23:50 - Updated: 2025-11-21 18:14Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.9 python-psutil security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An update for python-psutil is now available for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.4.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Details: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is Red Hat's cloud computing
Kubernetes application platform solution designed for on-premise or private
cloud deployments.
Security Fix(es):
* python-psutil: A double free issue has been discovered in python-psutil that may allow a local attacker to get code execution with the privileges of the user running the python-psutil application. (CVE-2019-18874)
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.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
A double free issue has been discovered in python-psutil because of the mishandling of refcounts while converting system data into Python objects in functions like psutil_disk_partitions(), psutil_users(), psutil_net_if_addrs(), and others. In particular cases, a local attacker may be able to get code execution by manipulating system resources that python-psutil then tries to convert.
7.0 (High)
Affected products
Fixed
7 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
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Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python-psutil-debuginfo-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.ppc64le | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python-psutil-debuginfo-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.s390x | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python-psutil-debuginfo-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python2-psutil-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.ppc64le | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python2-psutil-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.s390x | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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| Unresolved product id: 7Server-RH7-RHOSE-4.4:python2-psutil-0:5.6.6-1.el7ar.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
fix
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Threats
Impact
Moderate
References
8 references
Acknowledgments
Red Hat
Riccardo Schirone
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