SUSE SLES11 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2019:14018-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 124084

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for python fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-9948: Fixed a 'file:' blacklist bypass in URIs by using the 'local-file:' scheme instead (bsc#1130847).

CVE-2019-9636: Fixed an information disclosure because of incorrect handling of Unicode encoding during NFKC normalization (bsc#1129346).

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp4-python-14018=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-python-14018=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-python-14018=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-python-14018=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 124084

File Name: suse_SU-2019-14018-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/16/2019

Updated: 6/3/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9948

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9636

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_6-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9636, CVE-2019-9948

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