Debian dla-3477 : idle-python3.7 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 177875

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3477 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3477-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk June 30, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : python3.7 Version : 3.7.3-2+deb10u5 CVE ID : CVE-2015-20107 CVE-2020-10735 CVE-2021-3426 CVE-2021-3733 CVE-2021-3737 CVE-2021-4189 CVE-2022-45061

Several vulnerabilities were fixed in the Python3 interpreter.

CVE-2015-20107

The mailcap module did not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file.

CVE-2020-10735

Prevent DoS with very large int.

CVE-2021-3426

Remove the pydoc getfile feature which could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk.

CVE-2021-3733

Regular Expression Denial of Service in urllib's AbstractBasicAuthHandler class.

CVE-2021-3737

Infinite loop in the HTTP client code.

CVE-2021-4189

Make ftplib not trust the PASV response.

CVE-2022-45061

Quadratic time in the IDNA decoder.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.3-2+deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your python3.7 packages.

For the detailed security status of python3.7 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python3.7

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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

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

Solution

Upgrade the idle-python3.7 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177875

File Name: debian_DLA-3477.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 7/1/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-20107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-minimal, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idle-python3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.7-venv

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: 6/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-20107, CVE-2020-10735, CVE-2021-3426, CVE-2021-3733, CVE-2021-3737, CVE-2021-4189, CVE-2022-45061

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