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Debian DLA-1835-2 : python3.4 regression update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 126223

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

The update issued as DLA-1835-1 caused a regression in the http.client library in Python 3.4 which was broken by the patch intended to fix CVE-2019-9740 and CVE-2019-9947.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.2-1+deb8u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your python3.4 packages.

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

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00026.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/python3.4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 126223

File Name: debian_DLA-1835.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/25/2019

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:idle-python3.4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4-stdlib, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpython3.4-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-examples, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-minimal, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3.4-venv, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9740, CVE-2019-9947