Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Python vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-4151-2 First vendor Publication 2019-10-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2019-10-10
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM - Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Python.

Software Description: - python2.7: An interactive high-level object-oriented language - python3.4: An interactive high-level object-oriented language

Details:

USN-4151-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Python. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Python incorrectly parsed certain email addresses. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to trick Python applications
into accepting email addresses that should be denied. (CVE-2019-16056)

It was discovered that the Python documentation XML-RPC server incorrectly
handled certain fields. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute a
cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2019-16935)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
python2.7 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm3
python2.7-minimal 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm3
python3.4 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm4
python3.4-minimal 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm4

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
python2.7 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.15
python2.7-minimal 2.7.3-0ubuntu3.15

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4151-1
CVE-2019-16056, CVE-2019-16935

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4151-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 6
Application 2
Application 1
Application 290
Application 1
Os 5
Os 2
Os 3
Os 2
Os 1

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Date Informations
2019-10-10 17:19:11
  • First insertion