RHEL 6 / 7 : python27 (RHSA-2017:1162)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 210153

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:1162 advisory.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language that supports modules, classes, exceptions, high-level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. The python27 packages provide a stable release of Python 2.7 with a number of additional utilities and database connectors for MySQL and PostgreSQL.

The python27 Software Collection has been upgraded to version 2.7.13, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. For detailed changes, see the Red Hat Software Collections 2.4 Release Notes linked from the References section. (BZ#1402809, BZ#1344674, BZ#1413063)

Security Fix(es) in the python27-python component:

* The Python standard library HTTP client modules (such as httplib or urllib) did not perform verification of TLS/SSL certificates when connecting to HTTPS servers. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack connections and eavesdrop or modify transferred data. (CVE-2014-9365)

Note: The Python standard library was updated to enable certificate verification by default. Refer to the Knowledgebase article 2039753 linked to in the References section for further details about this change.
(BZ#1417838)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 210153

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-1162.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2024

Updated: 11/4/2024

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

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9365

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-pip, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-coverage, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-mod_wsgi

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9365

CWE: 345

RHSA: 2017:1162

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