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Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : python27 (ELSA-2015-1064)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 181042
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Synopsis
The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote Oracle Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2015-1064 advisory.- ** REJECT ** Various versions of Python do not properly restrict readline calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a long string, related to (1) httplib - fixed in 2.7.4, 2.6.9, and 3.3.3; (2) ftplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (3) imaplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (4) nntplib - fixed in 2.7.6, 2.6.9, 3.3.3; (5) poplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, 3.3.3; and (6) smtplib - not yet fixed in 2.7.x, fixed in 2.6.9, not yet fixed in 3.3.x. NOTE: this was REJECTed because it is incompatible with CNT1 Independently Fixable in the CVE Counting Decisions. (CVE-2013-1752)
- Buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into function in Modules/socketmodule.c in Python 2.5 before 2.7.7, 3.x before 3.3.4, and 3.4.x before 3.4rc1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted string. (CVE-2014-1912)
- The CGIHTTPServer module in Python 2.7.5 and 3.3.4 does not properly handle URLs in which URL encoding is used for path separators, which allows remote attackers to read script source code or conduct directory traversal attacks and execute unintended code via a crafted character sequence, as demonstrated by a %2f separator. (CVE-2014-4650)
- Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a buffer function.
(CVE-2014-7185)
- The gzip_decode function in the xmlrpc client library in Python 3.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2013-1753)
- Array index error in the scanstring function in the _json module in Python 2.7 through 3.5 and simplejson before 2.6.1 allows context-dependent attackers to read arbitrary process memory via a negative index value in the idx argument to the raw_decode function. (CVE-2014-4616)
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
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 181042
File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2015-1064.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Published: 9/7/2023
Updated: 9/8/2023
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: 6.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-4650
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.4
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-debug, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-pip, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-setuptools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-simplejson, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-python-wheel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-runtime, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-scldevel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python27-tkinter
Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/4/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1752, CVE-2013-1753, CVE-2014-1912, CVE-2014-4616, CVE-2014-4650, CVE-2014-7185