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RHEL 4 : python (Unpatched Vulnerability)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 198393

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 4 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 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: buffer() integer overflow leading to out of bounds read (CVE-2014-7185)

 - Python CGIHandler: sets environmental variable based on user supplied Proxy request header (CVE-2016-1000110)

 - The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding. (CVE-2011-4940)

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.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4fb30689

http://www.nessus.org/u?dec7f224

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 198393

File Name: redhat_unpatched_python-rhel4.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 6.0

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-2014-7185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1000110

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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: 12/28/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4940, CVE-2011-4944, CVE-2012-1150, CVE-2014-7185, CVE-2016-1000110