RHEL 7 : python (RHSA-2015:2101)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 86968

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2015:2101 advisory.

- python: multiple unbound readline() DoS flaws in python stdlib (CVE-2013-1752)

- python: XMLRPC library unrestricted decompression of HTTP responses using gzip enconding (CVE-2013-1753)

- python: missing boundary check in JSON module (CVE-2014-4616)

- python: CGIHTTPServer module does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs (CVE-2014-4650)

- python: buffer() integer overflow leading to out of bounds read (CVE-2014-7185)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 86968

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2015-2101.nasl

Version: 2.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/20/2015

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4650

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-1753, CVE-2014-4616, CVE-2014-4650, CVE-2014-7185

CWE: 119, 138, 200, 400

RHSA: 2015:2101

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