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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Python vulnerabilities (USN-7015-5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 211587

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7015-5 advisory.

 USN-7015-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for CVE-2024-6232 and CVE-2024-6923 for python2.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.



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-7015-5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 211587

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7015-5.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2024

Updated: 11/19/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-6232

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpython2.7-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-examples, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.7-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-6232, CVE-2024-6923

USN: 7015-5