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OracleVM 3.3 : python (OVMSA-2015-0098)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85139

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Synopsis

The remote OracleVM host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote OracleVM system is missing necessary patches to address critical security updates :

 - Add Oracle Linux distribution in platform.py [orabug 21288328] (Keshav Sharma)

 - Enable use of deepcopy with instance methods Resolves:
 rhbz#1223037

 - Since -libs now provide python-ordered dict, added ordereddict dist-info to site-packages Resolves:
 rhbz#1199997

 - Fix CVE-2014-7185/4650/1912 (CVE-2013-1752) Resolves:
 rhbz#1206572

 - Fix logging module error when multiprocessing module is not initialized Resolves: rhbz#1204966

 - Add provides for python-ordereddict Resolves:
 rhbz#1199997

 - Let ConfigParse handle options without values

 - Add check phase to specfile, fix and skip relevant failing tests Resolves: rhbz#1031709

 - Make Popen.communicate catch EINTR error Resolves:
 rhbz#1073165

 - Add choices for sort option of cProfile for better output Resolves: rhbz#1160640

 - Make multiprocessing ignore EINTR Resolves: rhbz#1180864

 - Fix iteration over files with very long lines Resolves:
 rhbz#794632

 - Fix subprocess.Popen.communicate being broken by SIGCHLD handler. Resolves: rhbz#1065537

 - Rebuild against latest valgrind-devel. Resolves:
 rhbz#1142170

 - Bump release up to ensure proper upgrade path. Related:
 rhbz#958256

 - Fix multilib dependencies. Resolves: rhbz#958256

Solution

Update the affected python / python-libs packages.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/oraclevm-errata/2015-July/000346.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85139

File Name: oraclevm_OVMSA-2015-0098.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 7/31/2015

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:vm:python-libs, cpe:/o:oracle:vm_server:3.3

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2014-7185

BID: 63804, 70089