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RHEL 4 : python (RHSA-2011:0491)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 53820
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for python.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0491 advisory.- expat: buffer over-read and crash on XML with malformed UTF-8 sequences (CVE-2009-3720)
- python: audioop: incorrect integer overflow checks (CVE-2010-1634)
- Python: Memory corruption in audioop module (CVE-2010-2089)
- Python: SMTP proxy RFC 2821 module DoS (uncaught exception) (Issue #9129) (CVE-2010-3493)
- python (CGIHTTPServer): CGI script source code disclosure (CVE-2011-1015)
- python (urllib, urllib2): Improper management of ftp:// and file:// URL schemes (Issue #11662) (CVE-2011-1521)
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 RHEL python package based on the guidance in RHSA-2011:0491.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?330d9691
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=531697
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590690
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=598197
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=632200
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680094
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690560
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 53820
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0491.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 5/6/2011
Updated: 4/21/2024
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: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
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-2011-1521
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3720
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-docs
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: 5/5/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-1634, CVE-2010-2089, CVE-2010-3493, CVE-2011-1015, CVE-2011-1521