openSUSE Security Update : python3 (openSUSE-2021-331)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 146851

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for python3 fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2021-3177: Fixed buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in
_ctypes/callproc.c, which may lead to remote code execution (bsc#1181126).

- Provide the newest setuptools wheel (bsc#1176262, CVE-2019-20916) in their correct form (bsc#1180686).

Solution

Update the affected python3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 146851

File Name: openSUSE-2021-331.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/25/2021

Updated: 1/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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:novell:opensuse:python3-doc-devhelp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_6m1_0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-curses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-dbm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_6m1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-base-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-testsuite-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-core-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-dbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-32bit-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython3_6m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-base

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/4/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20916, CVE-2021-3177

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