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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60245
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:013 (python)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:

The remote host is missing an update to python
announced via advisory MDVSA-2008:013.

Multiple integer overflows were found in python's imageop module.
If an application written in python used the imageop module to
process untrusted images, it could cause the application to crash,
enter an infinite loop, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the python interpreter.

The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected: 2007.0, 2007.1, 2008.0, Corporate 4.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2008:013

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-4965
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
BugTraq ID: 25696
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25696
Bugtraq: 20080212 FLEA-2008-0002-1 python (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487990/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20080221 VMSA-2008-0003 Moderate: Updated aacraid driver and samba and python service console updates (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488457/100/0/threaded
Bugtraq: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components (Google Search)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-352A
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-352A.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-1551 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1551
Debian Security Information: DSA-1620 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1620
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00378.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065826.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200711-07.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:012
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:013
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000005.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10804
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8486
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8496
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1076.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0629.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/26837
http://secunia.com/advisories/27460
http://secunia.com/advisories/27562
http://secunia.com/advisories/27872
http://secunia.com/advisories/28136
http://secunia.com/advisories/28480
http://secunia.com/advisories/28838
http://secunia.com/advisories/29032
http://secunia.com/advisories/29303
http://secunia.com/advisories/29889
http://secunia.com/advisories/31255
http://secunia.com/advisories/31492
http://secunia.com/advisories/33937
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471
http://secunia.com/advisories/38675
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2008:003 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00003.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-585-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3201
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4238
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0637
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
XForce ISS Database: python-imageop-bo(36653)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36653
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