openSUSE Security Update : python (openSUSE-SU-2013:1440-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75135

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This python update includes a SSL certificates fix and other minor fixes.

- disable test_io completely on ppc/ppc64

- handle NULL bytes in certain fields of SSL certificates (CVE-2013-4238, bnc#834601, CVE-2013-4238_py27.patch)

- python & python-base Release numbers can differ, take that into account. See bnc#766778 comment 12.

Solution

Update the affected python packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75135

File Name: openSUSE-2013-694.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-xml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-gdbm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-xml, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-curses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debuginfo-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4238

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