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MiracleLinux 8 : python3-3.6.8-31.el8 (AXSA:2021-1204:01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 294695

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2021-1204:01 advisory.

 * python: XSS vulnerability in the documentation XML-RPC server in server_title field (CVE-2019-16935)
 * python: infinite loop in the tarfile module via crafted TAR archive (CVE-2019-20907)
 * python: wrong backtracking in urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler allows for a ReDoS (CVE-2020-8492)
 * python: DoS via inefficiency in IPv{4,6}Interface classes (CVE-2020-14422)

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

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/12386

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 294695

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2021-1204.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/20/2026

Updated: 1/20/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16935

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:platform-python-devel, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:platform-python, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-tkinter, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-idle, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-libs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python3-test, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:platform-python-debug

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: 1/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/28/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16935, CVE-2019-20907, CVE-2020-14422, CVE-2020-8492