RHEL 6 / 7 : python27 (RHSA-2016:1166)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193823

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1166 advisory.

- python: ssl.match_hostname() DoS via certificates with specially crafted hostname wildcard patterns (CVE-2013-2099)

- python: wildcard matching rules do not follow RFC 6125 (CVE-2013-7440)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193823

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1166.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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 Score Source: CVE-2013-7440

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-pip, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-numpy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-numpy-f2py, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-test, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-runtime, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-scldevel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-bson, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-docutils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-pymongo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-pymongo-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-pymongo-gridfs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-python-virtualenv, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python27-scipy

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2099, CVE-2013-7440

CWE: 407

RHSA: 2016:1166

Detections

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