CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
93.9%
A buffer overflow in python 2.2’s getaddrinfo() function was discovered by Sebastian Schmidt. If python 2.2 is built without IPv6 support, an attacker could configure their name server to let a hostname resolve to a special IPv6 address, which could contain a memory address where shellcode is placed. This problem does not affect python versions prior to 2.2 or versions 2.2.2+, and it also doesn’t exist if IPv6 support is enabled.
The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. Thanks to Sebastian for both the discovery and patch.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Mandrake Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2004:019.
# The text itself is copyright (C) Mandriva S.A.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(14119);
script_version("1.20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");
script_cve_id("CVE-2004-0150");
script_xref(name:"MDKSA", value:"2004:019");
script_name(english:"Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : python (MDKSA-2004:019)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"A buffer overflow in python 2.2's getaddrinfo() function was
discovered by Sebastian Schmidt. If python 2.2 is built without IPv6
support, an attacker could configure their name server to let a
hostname resolve to a special IPv6 address, which could contain a
memory address where shellcode is placed. This problem does not affect
python versions prior to 2.2 or versions 2.2.2+, and it also doesn't
exist if IPv6 support is enabled.
The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. Thanks
to Sebastian for both the discovery and patch."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpython2.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libpython2.2-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-base");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-docs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tkinter");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2004/03/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2004/07/31");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2004-2021 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Mandriva Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/Mandrake/release", "Host/Mandrake/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mandriva / Mandake Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Mandrake/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^(amd64|i[3-6]86|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Mandriva / Mandrake Linux", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpython2.2-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"libpython2.2-devel-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-base-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"python-docs-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"MDK9.0", cpu:"i386", reference:"tkinter-2.2.1-14.4.90mdk", yank:"mdk")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");