Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120425
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-440)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python27' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-440 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python27' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-440 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that Python built-in module CGIHTTPServer does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs which may enable attackers to disclose a CGI script's source code or execute arbitrary scripts in the server's document root. (CVE-2014-4650) Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a 'buffer' function. (CVE-2014-7185) Affected Software/OS: 'python27' package(s) on Amazon Linux. 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-2014-4650 http://bugs.python.org/issue21766 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/26/3 RedHat Security Advisories: Red Hat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-4650 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-7185 http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html BugTraq ID: 70089 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70089 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139663.html https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/23/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/25/47 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1064 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1330 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:1292 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-10/msg00016.html XForce ISS Database: python-bufferobject-overflow(96193) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96193
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