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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2016:2270-1) (httpoxy)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 93438
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for python fixes the following issues :- CVE-2016-0772: smtplib vulnerability opens startTLS stripping attack (bsc#984751)
- CVE-2016-5699: incorrect validation of HTTP headers allow header injection (bsc#985348)
- CVE-2016-1000110: HTTPoxy vulnerability in urllib, fixed by disregarding HTTP_PROXY when REQUEST_METHOD is also set (bsc#989523)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-python-12735=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-python-12735=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-python-12735=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=984751
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=985348
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989523
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0772/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000110/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 93438
File Name: suse_SU-2016-2270-1.nasl
Version: 2.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/12/2016
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_6-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2016