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Amazon Linux 2 : python (ALAS-2019-1230)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 126383
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Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.Description
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was found in the certificate parsing code in Python. This causes a denial of service to applications when parsing specially crafted certificates. This vulnerability is unlikely to be triggered if application enables SSL/TLS certificate validation and accepts certificates only from trusted root certificate authorities. (CVE-2019-5010)Python 2.7.16 is affected by: Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding (with an incorrect netloc) during NFKC normalization. The impact is:
Information disclosure (credentials, cookies, etc. that are cached against a given hostname). The components are: urllib.parse.urlsplit, urllib.parse.urlparse. The attack vector is: A specially crafted URL could be incorrectly parsed to locate cookies or authentication data and send that information to a different host than when parsed correctly. (CVE-2019-9636)
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1060)
Modules/_pickle.c in Python 2.7.16 has an integer overflow via a large LONG_BINPUT value that is mishandled during a 'resize to twice the size' attempt. This issue might cause memory exhaustion, but is only relevant if the pickle format is used for serializing tens or hundreds of gigabytes of data. (CVE-2018-20406)
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1061)
Solution
Run 'yum update python' to update your system.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 126383
File Name: al2_ALAS-2019-1230.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 7/2/2019
Updated: 5/13/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9636
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:amazon:linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tkinter
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1061, CVE-2018-20406, CVE-2019-5010, CVE-2019-9636
ALAS: 2019-1230