Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2013.0250
Category:	Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2013-0250)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'python' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0250 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'python' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2013-0250 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Updated python packages fix security vulnerability: Ryan Sleevi of the Google Chrome Security Team has discovered that Python's SSL module doesn't handle NULL bytes inside subjectAltNames general names. This could lead to a breach when an application uses ssl.match_hostname() to match the hostname against the certificate's subjectAltName's dNSName general names. (CVE-2013-4238). Additionally, an issue with installing Python packages with C extensions via pip and virtualenv has been fixed in Mageia 3 (mga#10102). Affected Software/OS: 'python' package(s) on Mageia 2, Mageia 3. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 4.3 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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
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