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CentOS 6 : python-paste-script (CESA-2012:1206)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61682

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

An updated python-paste-script package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Python Paste provides middleware for building and running Python web applications. The python-paste-script package includes paster, a tool for working with and running Python Paste applications.

It was discovered that paster did not drop supplementary group privileges when started by the root user. Running 'paster serve' as root to start a Python web application that will run as a non-root user and group resulted in that application running with root group privileges. This could possibly allow a remote attacker to gain access to files that should not be accessible to the application.
(CVE-2012-0878)

All paster users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to resolve this issue. All running paster instances configured to drop privileges must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected python-paste-script package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2c9702f4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61682

File Name: centos_RHSA-2012-1206.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/28/2012

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0878

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-paste-script, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0878

RHSA: 2012:1206