Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2021.0064
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2021-0064)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python, python3' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0064 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python, python3' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2021-0064 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: A flaw was found in python. A stack-based buffer overflow was discovered in the ctypes module provided within Python. Applications that use ctypes without carefully validating the input passed to it may be vulnerable to this flaw, which would allow an attacker to overflow a buffer on the stack and crash the application. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability (CVE-2021-3177). Affected Software/OS: 'python, python3' package(s) on Mageia 7. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-3177 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210226-0003/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NXSMBHES3ANXXS2RSO5G6Q24BR4B2PWK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Y4KSYYWMGAKOA2JVCQA422OINT6CKQ7O/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MP572OLHMS7MZO4KUPSCIMSZIA5IZZ62/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRHOCQYX3QLDGDQGTWQAUUT2GGIZCZUO/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YDTZVGSXQ7HR7OCGSUHTRNTMBG43OMKU/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCQTCSP6SCVIYNIRUJC5X7YBVUHPLSC4/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/V6XJAULOS5JVB2L67NCKKMJ5NTKZJBSD/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FONHJIOZOFD7CD35KZL6SVBUTMBPGZGA/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NQPARTLNSFQVMMQHPNBFOCOZOO3TMQNA/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CCFZMVRQUKCBQIG5F2CBVADK63NFSE4A/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPE7SMXYUIWPOIZV4DQYXODRXMFX3C5E/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/Z7GZV74KM72O2PEJN2C4XP3V5Q5MZUOO/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NODWHDIFBQE5RU5PUWUVE47JOT5VCMJ2/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MGSV6BJQLRQ6RKVUXK7JGU7TP4QFGQXC/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-18 https://bugs.python.org/issue42938 https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/24239 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26185005 https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/ctypes-buffer-overflow-pycarg_repr.html https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00005.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00013.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
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