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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702880
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2880-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'python2.7' package(s) announced via the DSA-2880-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'python2.7' package(s) announced via the DSA-2880-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple security issues were discovered in Python:

CVE-2013-4238

Ryan Sleevi discovered that NULL characters in the subject alternate names of SSL cerficates were parsed incorrectly.

CVE-2014-1912

Ryan Smith-Roberts discovered a buffer overflow in the socket.recvfrom_into() function.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.3-6+deb7u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.6-7.

We recommend that you upgrade your python2.7 packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'python2.7' package(s) on Debian 7.

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-2013-4238
20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
DSA-2880
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2880
RHSA-2013:1582
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1582.html
USN-1982-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1982-1
http://bugs.python.org/issue18709
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=996381
openSUSE-SU-2013:1437
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00026.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1438
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00027.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1439
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00028.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1440
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00029.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1462
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00042.html
openSUSE-SU-2013:1463
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00043.html
openSUSE-SU-2020:0086
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-1912
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Aug/msg00001.html
BugTraq ID: 65379
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65379
Debian Security Information: DSA-2880 (Google Search)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/31875
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-10
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=GHXSmNEg
https://www.trustedsec.com/february-2014/python-remote-code-execution-socket-recvfrom_into/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/12/16
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1064
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1064.html
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2015:1330
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1330.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029831
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0518 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-04/msg00035.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2014:0597 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00008.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2125-1
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