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Debian DSA-2948-1 : python-bottle - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74315

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Bottle, a WSGI-framework for Python, performed a too permissive detection of JSON content, resulting a potential bypass of security mechanisms.

Solution

Upgrade the python-bottle packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 0.10.11-1+deb7u1.

See Also

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2948

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/python-bottle

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74315

File Name: debian_DSA-2948.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bottle, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3137

BID: 67711

DSA: 2948