openSUSE Security Update : python (openSUSE-2018-511)

High Nessus Plugin ID 110069

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for python fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2017-1000158: Fixed integer overflows in PyString_DecodeEscape that could have resulted in heap-based buffer overflow attacks and possible arbitrary code execution (bsc#1068664).

 - CVE-2018-1000030: Fixed crash inside the Python interpreter when multiple threads used the same I/O stream concurrently (bsc#1079300).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected python packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1068664

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1079300

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110069

File Name: openSUSE-2018-511.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2018/05/24

Updated: 2018/05/24

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpython2_7-1_0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-base-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-curses-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-demo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-doc-pdf, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-gdbm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-gdbm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-idle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-tk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-xml, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-xml-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2018/05/23

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000158, CVE-2018-1000030