Debian DLA-1998-1 : python-psutil security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 131137

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there were multiple double free vulnerabilities in python-psutil, a Python module providing convenience functions for accessing system process data.

This was caused by incorrect reference counting handling within for/while loops that convert system data into said Python objects.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in python-psutil version 2.1.1-1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-psutil packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected python-psutil, and python3-psutil packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131137

File Name: debian_DLA-1998.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2019

Updated: 4/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-psutil, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-psutil, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18874

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