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FreeBSD : Python -- HTTP Header Injection in Python urllib (a61374fc-3a4d-11e6-a671-60a44ce6887b)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 91911

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Guido Vranken reports :

HTTP header injection in urrlib2/urllib/httplib/http.client with newlines in header values, where newlines have a semantic consequence of denoting the start of an additional header line.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugs.python.org/issue22928

http://www.nessus.org/u?2612e679

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/14/7

http://www.nessus.org/u?a28963b1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 91911

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a61374fc3a4d11e6a67160a44ce6887b.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Published: 7/1/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python27, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python33, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python34, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python35, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5699