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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Python vulnerabilities (USN-6928-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 204858

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6928-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that the Python ssl module contained a memory race condition when handling the APIs to obtain the CA certificates and certificate store statistics. This could possibly result in applications obtaining wrong results, leading to various SSL issues. (CVE-2024-0397)

 It was discovered that the Python ipaddress module contained incorrect information about which IP address ranges were considered private or globally reachable. This could possibly result in applications applying incorrect security policies. (CVE-2024-4032)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6928-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 204858

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6928-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2024

Updated: 8/30/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0397

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4032

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-nopie, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-full, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.10-venv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-examples, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.10-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-venv, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython3.8-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.8-dev

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0397, CVE-2024-4032

USN: 6928-1