Ubuntu 11.04 / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : python3.2 vulnerabilities (USN-1615-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62677

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that Python distutils contained a race condition when creating the ~/.pypirc file. A local attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2011-4944)

It was discovered that SimpleXMLRPCServer did not properly validate its input when handling HTTP POST requests. A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU utilization. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10.
(CVE-2012-0845)

It was discovered that Python was susceptible to hash algorithm attacks. An attacker could cause a denial of service under certian circumstances. This update adds the '-R' command line option and honors setting the PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable to 'random' to salt str and datetime objects with an unpredictable value. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10. (CVE-2012-1150)

Serhiy Storchaka discovered that the UTF16 decoder in Python did not properly reset internal variables after error handling. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via memory corruption.
This issue did not affect Ubuntu 12.10. (CVE-2012-2135).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python3.2 and / or python3.2-minimal packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62677

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1615-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 10/24/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.2-minimal, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/23/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4944, CVE-2012-0845, CVE-2012-1150, CVE-2012-2135

USN: 1615-1

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