SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : python3 (SUSE-SU-2016:2859-1) (httpoxy)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 94969

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update provides Python 3.4.5, which brings many fixes and enhancements. The following security issues have been fixed :

- CVE-2016-1000110: CGIHandler could have allowed setting of HTTP_PROXY environment variable based on user-supplied Proxy request header. (bsc#989523)

- CVE-2016-0772: A vulnerability in smtplib could have allowed a MITM attacker to perform a startTLS stripping attack. (bsc#984751)

- CVE-2016-5636: A heap overflow in Python's zipimport module. (bsc#985177)

- CVE-2016-5699: A header injection flaw in urrlib2/urllib/httplib/http.client. (bsc#985348) The update also includes the following non-security fixes :

- Don't force 3rd party C extensions to be built with

-Werror=declaration-after-statement. (bsc#951166)

- Make urllib proxy var handling behave as usual on POSIX.
(bsc#983582) For a comprehensive list of changes please refer to the upstream change log:
https://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html

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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 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2016-1676=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2016-1676=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2016-1676=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2016-1676=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 94969

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2859-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/18/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses-debuginfo

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: 11/18/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0772, CVE-2016-1000110, CVE-2016-5636, CVE-2016-5699

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