Oracle Linux 4 : python (ELSA-2011-0260)

high Nessus Plugin ID 68201

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0260 :

Updated python packages that fix multiple security issues and three bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language.

Multiple flaws were found in the Python rgbimg module. If an application written in Python was using the rgbimg module and loaded a specially crafted SGI image file, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application. (CVE-2009-4134, CVE-2010-1449, CVE-2010-1450)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

* Python 2.3.4's time.strptime() function did not correctly handle the '%W' week number format string. This update backports the _strptime implementation from Python 2.3.6, fixing this issue. (BZ#436001)

* Python 2.3.4's socket.htons() function returned partially-uninitialized data on IBM System z, generally leading to incorrect results. (BZ#513341)

* Python 2.3.4's pwd.getpwuid() and grp.getgrgid() functions did not support the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit architectures, leading to 'OverflowError' exceptions for large input values. This update adds support for the full range of user and group IDs on 64-bit architectures. (BZ#497540)

Users of Python should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected python packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-February/001946.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 68201

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0260.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/27/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4134, CVE-2010-1449, CVE-2010-1450

BID: 40361, 40363, 40365

RHSA: 2011:0260