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Debian DLA-2531-1 : python-bottle security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145384

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The package src:python-bottle before 0.12.19 are vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning by using a vector called parameter cloaking.

When the attacker can separate query parameters using a semicolon (;), they can cause a difference in the interpretation of the request between the proxy (running with default configuration) and the server.
This can result in malicious requests being cached as completely safe ones, as the proxy would usually not see the semicolon as a separator, and therefore would not include it in a cache key of an unkeyed parameter.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.13-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-bottle packages.

For the detailed security status of python-bottle please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-bottle

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 packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00019.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/python-bottle

http://www.nessus.org/u?f9e761d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145384

File Name: debian_DLA-2531.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28473

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bottle-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-bottle, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bottle

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28473