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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120380
Category:Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2013-220)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'python27' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-220 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python27' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2013-220 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
The ssl.match_hostname function in the SSL module in Python 2.6 through 3.4 does not properly handle a '\0' character in a domain name in the Subject Alternative Name field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof arbitrary SSL servers via a crafted certificate issued by a legitimate Certification Authority, a related issue to CVE-2009-2408.

Affected Software/OS:
'python27' package(s) on Amazon Linux.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4238
20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
DSA-2880
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880
RHSA-2013:1582
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1582.html
USN-1982-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1982-1
http://bugs.python.org/issue18709
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996381
openSUSE-SU-2013:1437
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00026.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1438
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00027.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1439
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00028.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1440
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00029.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1462
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00042.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1463
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00043.html
openSUSE-SU-2020:0086
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
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