CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
96.0%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.841194");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5983", "CVE-2010-1634", "CVE-2010-2089", "CVE-2010-3493", "CVE-2011-1015", "CVE-2011-1521", "CVE-2011-4940", "CVE-2011-4944", "CVE-2012-0845", "CVE-2012-0876", "CVE-2012-1148");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-10-19 04:23:38 +0000 (Fri, 19 Oct 2012)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1613-2)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU8\.04\ LTS");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1613-2");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1613-2");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'python2.4' package(s) announced via the USN-1613-2 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"USN-1613-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Python 2.5. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Python 2.4.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Python would prepend an empty string to sys.path
under certain circumstances. A local attacker with write access to the
current working directory could exploit this to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2008-5983)
It was discovered that the audioop module did not correctly perform input
validation. If a user or automatated system were tricked into opening a
crafted audio file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application crash. (CVE-2010-1634, CVE-2010-2089)
Giampaolo Rodola discovered several race conditions in the smtpd module.
A remote attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service via
daemon outage. (CVE-2010-3493)
It was discovered that the CGIHTTPServer module did not properly perform
input validation on certain HTTP GET requests. A remote attacker could
potentially obtain access to CGI script source files. (CVE-2011-1015)
Niels Heinen discovered that the urllib and urllib2 modules would process
Location headers that specify a redirection to file: URLs. A remote
attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information or cause a
denial of service. (CVE-2011-1521)
It was discovered that SimpleHTTPServer did not use a charset parameter in
the Content-Type HTTP header. An attacker could potentially exploit this
to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7
users. (CVE-2011-4940)
It was discovered that Python distutils contained a race condition when
creating the ~/.pypirc file. A local attacker could exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2011-4944)
It was discovered that SimpleXMLRPCServer did not properly validate its
input when handling HTTP POST requests. A remote attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU utilization.
(CVE-2012-0845)
It was discovered that the Expat module in Python 2.5 computed hash values
without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably. If
a user or application using pyexpat were tricked into opening a crafted XML
file, an attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessive
CPU resources. (CVE-2012-0876)
Tim Body discovered that the Expat module in Python 2.5 did not properly
handle memory reallocation when processing XML files. If a user or
application using pyexpat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an
attacker could cause a denial of service by consuming excessive memory
resources. (CVE-2012-1148)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'python2.4' package(s) on Ubuntu 8.04.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4", ver:"2.4.5-1ubuntu4.4", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4-minimal", ver:"2.4.5-1ubuntu4.4", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);