Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2014.0286
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2014-0286)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-simplejson' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0286 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python-simplejson' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2014-0286 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Python 2 and 3 are susceptible to arbitrary process memory reading by a user or adversary due to a bug in the _json module caused by insufficient bounds checking. The bug is caused by allowing the user to supply a negative value that is used an array index, causing the scanstring function to access process memory outside of the string it is intended to access (CVE-2014-4616). This issue also affected the python-simplejson package, which has been patched to fix the bug. Affected Software/OS: 'python-simplejson' package(s) on Mageia 3, Mageia 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-4616 BugTraq ID: 68119 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68119 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=752395 https://hackerone.com/reports/12297 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/24/7 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1064 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0890 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-07/msg00015.html
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