| Description: | Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'python2.7' package(s) announced via the USN-1592-1 advisory.
Vulnerability Insight:
Niels Heinen discovered that the urllib and urllib2 modules would process
Location headers that specify a redirection to file: URLs. A remote
attacker could exploit this to obtain sensitive information or cause a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2011-1521)
It was discovered that SimpleHTTPServer did not use a charset parameter in
the Content-Type HTTP header. An attacker could potentially exploit this
to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks against Internet Explorer 7
users. This issue only affected Ubuntu 11.04. (CVE-2011-4940)
It was discovered that Python distutils contained a race condition when
creating the ~
/.pypirc file. A local attacker could exploit this to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2011-4944)
It was discovered that SimpleXMLRPCServer did not properly validate its
input when handling HTTP POST requests. A remote attacker could exploit
this to cause a denial of service via excessive CPU utilization.
(CVE-2012-0845)
It was discovered that Python was susceptible to hash algorithm attacks.
An attacker could cause a denial of service under certain circumstances.
This update adds the '-R' command line option and honors setting the
PYTHONHASHSEED environment variable to 'random' to salt str and datetime
objects with an unpredictable value. (CVE-2012-1150)
Affected Software/OS:
'python2.7' package(s) on Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10.
Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).
CVSS Score:
6.4
CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
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