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EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : python (EulerOS-SA-2019-1055)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122382

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing multiple security updates.

Description

According to the versions of the python packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - python: DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (CVE-2018-1061)

 - python: DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (CVE-2018-1060)

 - python: Missing salt initialization in _elementtree.c module(CVE-2018-14647)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e7434d4e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122382

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2019-1055.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 2/22/2019

Updated: 6/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14647

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2019

Reference Information

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