Fedora 20 : python-2.7.5-10.fc20 (2014-2394)

high Nessus Plugin ID 72523

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Buffer overflow fix.

See upstream issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue20246

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected python package.

See Also

https://bugs.python.org/issue20246

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062370

http://www.nessus.org/u?df10387d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 72523

File Name: fedora_2014-2394.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/17/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:20

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1912

BID: 65379

FEDORA: 2014-2394