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Oracle Linux 6 : python (ELSA-2011-0554)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181051

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0554 advisory.

 - rebase to 2.6.6: (which contains the big whitespace cleanup of r81031) http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.6.6/
 - fixup patch 102, patch 11, patch 52, patch 110
 - drop upstreamed patches: patch 113 (CVE-2010-1634), patch 114 (CVE-2010-2089), patch 115 (CVE-2008-5983), patch 116 (rhbz598564), patch 118 (rhbz540518)
 - add fix for upstream bug in test_posix.py introduced in 2.6.6 (patch 120) Resolves: rhbz#627301

 python-docs:

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0554.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181051

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0554.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1015

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-tools, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/19/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3493, CVE-2011-1015, CVE-2011-1521