OracleVM 3.3 : python (OVMSA-2015-0098)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85139

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