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MiracleLinux 3 : python-2.4.3-46.2.0.1.AXS3 (AXSA:2012-569:02)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 284388
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2012-569:02 advisory.Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language often compared to Tcl, Perl, Scheme or Java. Python includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems (X11, Motif, Tk, Mac and MFC).
Programmers can write new built-in modules for Python in C or C++. Python can be used as an extension language for applications that need a programmable interface. This package contains most of the standard Python modules, as well as modules for interfacing to the Tix widget set for Tk and RPM.
Note that documentation for Python is provided in the python-docs package.
Security issues fixed with this release:
CVE-2011-4940 The list_directory function in Lib/SimpleHTTPServer.py in SimpleHTTPServer in Python before 2.5.6c1, 2.6.x before 2.6.7 rc2, and 2.7.x before 2.7.2 does not place a charset parameter in the Content-Type HTTP header, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7 via UTF-7 encoding.
CVE-2011-4944 CVE-2012-1150 No description available at the time of writing, please use the CVE links below.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux 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
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 284388
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2012-569.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/14/2026
Updated: 1/14/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4940
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:miracle:linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tkinter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-devel, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:3
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2011