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Oracle Linux 8 : python36 (ELSA-2021-9129)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 147965

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-9129 advisory.

 - Python 3.x through 3.9.1 has a buffer overflow in PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c, which may lead to remote code execution in certain Python applications that accept floating-point numbers as untrusted input, as demonstrated by a 1e300 argument to c_double.from_param. This occurs because sprintf is used unsafely. (CVE-2021-3177)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-2021-9129.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 147965

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-9129.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/23/2021

Updated: 1/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-nose-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pymongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sqlalchemy-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-virtualenv-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-pymysql, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-bson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-distro, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-docs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-docutils, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-nose, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-pygments, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-scipy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-sqlalchemy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-wheel-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python36, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python36-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python36-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python36-rpm-macros

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: 3/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3177