Debian DSA-5159-1 : python-bottle - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 162013

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 / 11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5159 advisory.

Elton Nokaj discovered that incorrect error handling in Bottle, a WSGI framework for Python, could result in the disclosure of sensitive information. For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.15-2+deb10u2. For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.19-1+deb11u1. 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

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the python-bottle packages.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.12.19-1+deb11u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 162013

File Name: debian_DSA-5159.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/10/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-31799

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bottle-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bottle, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-bottle

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-31799

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