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Debian dla-3771 : idle-python2.7 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192521

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3771 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3771-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk March 24, 2024 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : python2.7 Version : 2.7.16-2+deb10u4 CVE ID : CVE-2024-0450

 The zipfile module was vulnerable to quoted-overlap zip-bombs in the Python 2 interpreter.

 For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.16-2+deb10u4.

 We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages.

 For the detailed security status of python2.7 please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python2.7

 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 this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the idle-python2.7 packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/python2.7

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-0450

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/python2.7

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192521

File Name: debian_DLA-3771.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2024

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython2.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python2.7-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idle-python2.7

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0450