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Amazon Linux 2 : python, python3 (ALAS-2021-1611)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146622

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of python installed on the remote host is prior to 2.7.18-1. The version of python3 installed on the remote host is prior to 3.7.9-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2021-1611 advisory.

 A flaw was found in python. A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the ctypes module provided within Python. Applications that use ctypes without carefully validating the input passed to it may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to overflow a buffer on the stack and crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3177)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Run 'yum update python' to update your system.
 Run 'yum update python3' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2021-1611.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3177

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146622

File Name: al2_ALAS-2021-1611.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2021

Updated: 12/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3177

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:python3, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-test, 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:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-debug, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-tools, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-libs, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python3-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: 2/19/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3177

ALAS: 2021-1611