| Description: | Description:
The remote host is missing an update to python2.4
announced via advisory USN-890-3.
Details follow:
USN-890-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Expat. This update provides the
corresponding updates for the PyExpat module in Python 2.4.
Original advisory details:
Jukka Taimisto, Tero Rontti and Rauli Kaksonen discovered that Expat did
not properly process malformed XML. If a user or application linked against
Expat were tricked into opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause
a denial of service via application crash. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-3720)
It was discovered that Expat did not properly process malformed UTF-8
sequences. If a user or application linked against Expat were tricked into
opening a crafted XML file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via
application crash. (CVE-2009-3560)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
python2.4 2.4.3-0ubuntu6.4
python2.4-minimal 2.4.3-0ubuntu6.4
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS:
python2.4 2.4.5-1ubuntu4.3
python2.4-minimal 2.4.5-1ubuntu4.3
Ubuntu 8.10:
python2.4 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.2
python2.4-minimal 2.4.5-5ubuntu1.2
Ubuntu 9.04:
python2.4 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.2.9.04.1
python2.4-minimal 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.2.9.04.1
Ubuntu 9.10:
python2.4 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.2.9.10.1
python2.4-minimal 2.4.6-1ubuntu3.2.9.10.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any Python 2.4
applications that use the PyExpat module to effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-890-3
Risk factor : Medium
CVSS Score:
5.0
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