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Debian DLA-2619-1 : python3.5 security update
critical Nessus Plugin ID 148322
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security update.Description
Three security issues have been discovered in python3.5 :CVE-2021-3177
Python 3.x has a buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c, which may lead to remote code execution in certain Python applications that accept floating-point numbers as untrusted input. This occurs because sprintf is used unsafely.
CVE-2021-3426
Running `pydoc -p` allows other local users to extract arbitrary files. The `/getfile?key=path` URL allows to read arbitrary file on the filesystem.
The fix removes the 'getfile' feature of the pydoc module which could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk (directory traversal vulnerability).
CVE-2021-23336
The Python3.5 vulnerable to Web Cache Poisoning via urllib.parse.parse_qsl and urllib.parse.parse_qs 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.
**Attention, API-change!** Please be sure your software is working properly if it uses `urllib.parse.parse_qs` or `urllib.parse.parse_qsl`, `cgi.parse` or `cgi.parse_multipart`.
Earlier Python versions allowed using both ``;`` and ``&`` as query parameter separators in `urllib.parse.parse_qs` and `urllib.parse.parse_qsl`. Due to security concerns, and to conform with newer W3C recommendations, this has been changed to allow only a single separator key, with ``&`` as the default. This change also affects `cgi.parse` and `cgi.parse_multipart` as they use the affected functions internally. For more details, please see their respective documentation.
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.5.3-1+deb9u4.
We recommend that you upgrade your python3.5 packages.
For the detailed security status of python3.5 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python3.5
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/2021/04/msg00005.html
https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/python3.5
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/python3.5
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 148322
File Name: debian_DLA-2619.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 4/6/2021
Updated: 1/12/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idle-python3.5, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.5-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-venv, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.5-examples
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: 4/5/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021