Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53710
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-458-3)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'python2.2' package(s) announced via the DSA-458-3 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'python2.2' package(s) announced via the DSA-458-3 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: This security advisory corrects DSA 458-2 which caused a problem in the gethostbyaddr routine. The original advisory said: Sebastian Schmidt discovered a buffer overflow bug in Python's getaddrinfo function, which could allow an IPv6 address, supplied by a remote attacker via DNS, to overwrite memory on the stack. This bug only exists in python 2.2 and 2.2.1, and only when IPv6 support is disabled. The python2.2 package in Debian woody meets these conditions (the 'python' package does not). For the stable distribution (woody), this bug has been fixed in version 2.2.1-4.6. The testing and unstable distribution (sarge and sid) are not affected by this problem. We recommend that you update your python2.2 packages. Affected Software/OS: 'python2.2' package(s) on Debian 3.0. 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-2004-0150 BugTraq ID: 9836 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9836 Debian Security Information: DSA-458 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-458 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-03.xml http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:019 http://www.osvdb.org/4172 XForce ISS Database: python-getaddrinfo-bo(15409) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15409
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