RHEL 6 : python (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 198372

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 6 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

- python: Heap overflow in zipimporter module (CVE-2016-5636)

- python: Integer overflow in PyString_DecodeEscape results in heap-base buffer overflow (CVE-2017-1000158)

- The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex, Folsom, and Grizzly; Compute (Nova) Essex and Folsom; Cinder Folsom; Django; and possibly other products allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption and crash) via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack. (CVE-2013-1664)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 198372

File Name: redhat_unpatched_python-rhel6.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 10/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000158

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:jython, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:redhat-support-lib-python

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1664, CVE-2013-1665, CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-7040, CVE-2014-9365, CVE-2016-5636, CVE-2017-1000158, CVE-2018-1000030, CVE-2018-1060, CVE-2018-1061, CVE-2018-14647, CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9947, CVE-2019-9948

Detections

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