Detections
Analytics

Oracle Linux 8 : python3 (ELSA-2020-4433)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 142786

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-4433 advisory.

 - Avoid infinite loop when reading specially crafted TAR files (CVE-2019-20907) Resolves: rhbz#1856481
 - Resolve hash collisions for Pv4Interface and IPv6Interface (CVE-2020-14422) Resolves: rhbz#1854926
 - Security fix for CVE-2020-8492 Resolves: rhbz#1810618
 - Security fix for CVE-2019-16935 Resolves: rhbz#1798001

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4433.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 142786

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-4433.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/12/2020

Updated: 10/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-idle, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:platform-python-debug

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16935, CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-14422, CVE-2020-8492