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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.122278
Category:Oracle Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Oracle: Security Advisory (ELSA-2011-0027)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'python' package(s) announced via the ELSA-2011-0027 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python' package(s) announced via the ELSA-2011-0027 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
[2.4.3-43]
- add missing patch 206
Related: rhbz#549372

[2.4.3-42]
- fix test_pyclbr to match the urllib change in patch 204 (patch 206)
- allow the 'no_proxy' environment variable to override 'ftp_proxy' in
urllib2 (patch 207)
- fix typos in names of patches 204 and 205
Related: rhbz#549372

[2.4.3-41]
- backport support for the 'no_proxy' environment variable to the urllib and
urllib2 modules (patches 204 and 205, respectively)
Resolves: rhbz#549372

[2.4.3-40]
- backport fixes for arena allocator from 2.5a1
- disable arena allocator when run under valgrind on x86, x86_64, ppc, ppc64
(patch 203)
- add patch to add sys._debugmallocstats() hook (patch 202)
Resolves: rhbz#569093

[2.4.3-39]
- fix various flaws in the 'audioop' module
- Resolves: CVE-2010-1634 CVE-2010-2089
- backport the new PySys_SetArgvEx libpython entrypoint from 2.6
- Related: CVE-2008-5983
- restrict creation of the .relocation-tag files to i386 builds
- Related: rhbz#644761
- move the python-optik metadata from the core subpackage to the python-libs
subpackage
- Related: rhbz#625372

[2.4.3-38]
- add metadata to ensure that 'yum install python-libs' works
- Related: rhbz#625372

[2.4.3-37]
- create dummy ELF file '.relocation-tag' to force RPM directory coloring,
fixing i386 on ia64 compat
- Resolves: rhbz#644761

[2.4.3-36]
- Backport fix for [link moved to references] to 2.4.3
- Resolves: rhbz#644147

[2.4.3-35]
- Rework rgbimgmodule fix for CVE-2008-3143
- Resolves: rhbz#644425 CVE-2009-4134 CVE-2010-1449 CVE-2010-1450

[2.4.3-34]
- fix stray 'touch' command
- Related: rhbz#625372

[2.4.3-33]
- Preserve timestamps when fixing shebangs (patch 104) and when installing, to
minimize .pyc/.pyo differences across architectures (due to the embedded mtime
in .pyc/.pyo headers)
- Related: rhbz#625372

[2.4.3-32]
- introduce libs subpackage as a dependency of the core package, moving the
shared libraries and python standard libraries there
- Resolves: rhbz#625372

[2.4.3-31]
- don't use -b when applying patch 103
- Related: rhbz#263401

[2.4.3-30]
- add missing patch
- Resolves: rhbz#263401

[2.4.3-29]
- Backport Python 2.5s tarfile module (0.8.0) to 2.4.3
- Resolves: rhbz#263401

[2.4.3-28]
- Backport fix for leaking filedescriptors in subprocess error-handling path
from Python 2.6
- Resolves: rhbz#609017
- Backport usage of 'poll' within the subprocess module to 2.4.3
- Resolves: rhbz#609020

Affected Software/OS:
'python' package(s) on Oracle Linux 5.

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-2008-5983
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-June/042751.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200903-41.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200904-06.xml
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=482814
http://www.nabble.com/Bug-484305%3A-bicyclerepair%3A-bike.vim-imports-untrusted-python-files-from-cwd-td18848099.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg586010.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/26/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/28/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/30/2
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0027.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34522
http://secunia.com/advisories/40194
http://secunia.com/advisories/42888
http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1448
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0122
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-4134
40361
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40361
42888
43068
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
43364
http://secunia.com/advisories/43364
ADV-2011-0122
ADV-2011-0212
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
ADV-2011-0413
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0413
APPLE-SA-2010-11-10-1
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html
MDVSA-2010:215
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:215
RHSA-2011:0027
RHSA-2011:0260
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0260.html
SUSE-SR:2011:002
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
http://bugs.python.org/issue8678
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=541698
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1449
40363
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40363
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1450
40365
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40365
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-1634
39937
http://secunia.com/advisories/39937
40194
40370
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40370
50858
51024
51040
51087
ADV-2010-1448
APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
FEDORA-2010-9652
SUSE-SR:2010:024
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html
USN-1596-1
USN-1613-1
USN-1613-2
USN-1616-1
http://bugs.python.org/issue8674
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=81045&view=rev
http://svn.python.org/view?rev=81079&view=rev
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=590690
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2010-2089
BugTraq ID: 40863
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40863
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2010:024 (Google Search)
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2011:002 (Google Search)
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