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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : Python vulnerabilities (USN-5201-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183724

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-5201-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the Python urllib http client could enter into an infinite

 loop when incorrectly handling certain server responses (100 Continue response).

 Specially crafted traffic from a malicious HTTP server could cause a denial of

 service (Dos) condition for a client.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5201-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183724

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5201-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3737

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.9, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.9-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-full

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3737

USN: 5201-1