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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Python vulnerabilities (USN-3817-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118954

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-3817-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled large amounts of data. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-1000030)

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly handled running external commands in the shutil module. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Python to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-1000802)

 It was discovered that Python incorrectly used regular expressions vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1061)

 It was discovered that Python failed to initialize Expat's hash salt. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause hash collisions, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2018-14647)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3817-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118954

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3817-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/14/2018

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.4-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.5-minimal, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.5-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.4-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.4-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.5

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000030, CVE-2018-1000802, CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1061, CVE-2018-14647

USN: 3817-1