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Amazon Linux AMI : python34 (ALAS-2019-1242)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127070

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

An issue was discovered in urllib2 in Python 2.x and urllib in Python 3.x. CRLF injection is possible if the attacker controls a url parameter, as demonstrated by the first argument to urllib.request.urlopen with \r\n (specifically in the query string after a ? character) followed by an HTTP header or a Redis command.
(CVE-2019-9740 , CVE-2019-9947)

Solution

Run 'yum update python34' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1242.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127070

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1242.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2019

Updated: 5/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9947

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-test

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: 7/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9947

ALAS: 2019-1242