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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2013-1665

high Nessus Plugin ID 217958

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The XML libraries for Python 3.4, 3.3, 3.2, 3.1, 2.7, and 2.6, as used in OpenStack Keystone Essex and Folsom, Django, and possibly other products allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via an XML external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, aka an XML External Entity (XXE) attack. (CVE-2013-1665)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1665

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 217958

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2013_1665.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:tkinter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-test, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:tkinter, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-debug, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-test, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libs

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1665