GLSA-201408-13 : Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77457

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201408-13 (Jinja2: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Jinja2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :

A local attacker could gain escalated privileges via a specially crafted cache file or pre-created temporary directory.
Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Jinja2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/jinja-2.7.3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77457

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201408-13.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:jinja, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0012, CVE-2014-1402

BID: 64759, 64787

GLSA: 201408-13