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CentOS 7 : python (CESA-2017:1868)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 102741

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Synopsis

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

Description

An update for python is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es) :

* The Python standard library HTTP client modules (such as httplib or urllib) did not perform verification of TLS/SSL certificates when connecting to HTTPS servers. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to hijack connections and eavesdrop or modify transferred data. (CVE-2014-9365)

Note: The Python standard library was updated to enable certificate verification by default. Refer to the Knowledgebase article 2039753 linked to in the References section for further details about this change. (BZ#1219110)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

Update the affected python packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4f204680

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 102741

File Name: centos_RHSA-2017-1868.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/25/2017

Updated: 11/25/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

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 Score Source: CVE-2014-9365

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-tools, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-test, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libs

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9365

RHSA: 2017:1868