Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.57502
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-359-1 (python2.4)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-359-1 (python2.4)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to python2.4 announced via advisory USN-359-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Benjamin C. Wiley Sittler discovered that Python's repr() function did not properly handle UTF-32/UCS-4 strings. If an application uses repr() on arbitrary untrusted data, this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the python application. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: python2.3 2.3.5-2ubuntu0.3 python2.4-minimal 2.4.1-0ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 5.10: python2.3 2.3.5-8ubuntu0.2 python2.4-minimal 2.4.2-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: python2.3-dbg 2.3.5-9ubuntu1.2 python2.4-minimal 2.4.3-0ubuntu6 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-359-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-4980 Bugtraq: 20061011 rPSA-2006-0187-1 idle python (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/448244/100/100/threaded Bugtraq: 20070110 VMware ESX server security updates (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/456546/100/200/threaded Debian Security Information: DSA-1197 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1197 Debian Security Information: DSA-1198 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1198 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-07.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:181 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0713.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html SGI Security Advisory: 20061001-01-P ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061001-01-P.asc SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2006:025 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-359-1 BugTraq ID: 20376 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20376 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10789 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3940 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5131 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017019 http://secunia.com/advisories/22276 http://secunia.com/advisories/22303 http://secunia.com/advisories/22357 http://secunia.com/advisories/22297 http://secunia.com/advisories/22358 http://secunia.com/advisories/22379 http://secunia.com/advisories/22448 http://secunia.com/advisories/22512 http://secunia.com/advisories/22531 http://secunia.com/advisories/22639 http://secunia.com/advisories/22487 http://secunia.com/advisories/23680 http://secunia.com/advisories/31492 XForce ISS Database: python-repr-bo(29408) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/29408
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