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Oracle Linux 6 : python (ELSA-2012-0744)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68545

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2012-0744 advisory.

 - if hash randomization is enabled, also enable it within pyexpat Resolves: CVE-2012-0876
 - distutils.config: create ~/.pypirc securely Resolves: CVE-2011-4944
 - fix endless loop in SimpleXMLRPCServer upon malformed POST request Resolves: CVE-2012-0845
 - send encoding in SimpleHTTPServer.list_directory to protect IE7 against potential XSS attacks Resolves: CVE-2011-4940

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2012-0744.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68545

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0744.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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:oracle:linux:python-test, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:tkinter, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-libs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4940, CVE-2011-4944, CVE-2012-0845, CVE-2012-1150

BID: 51239, 51996, 52379, 52732

RHSA: 2012:0744