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RHEL 5 : python (RHSA-2011:0492)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53821

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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 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2011:0492 advisory.

 - expat: buffer over-read and crash on XML with malformed UTF-8 sequences (CVE-2009-3720)

 - 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-2011:0492.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9072c03

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=632200

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=680094

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=690560

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:0492

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53821

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2011-0492.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2011

Updated: 4/27/2024

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:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3720, CVE-2010-3493, CVE-2011-1015, CVE-2011-1521

BID: 36097, 44533, 46541, 47024

RHSA: 2011:0492