DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python’s pop3lib’s apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1060)
DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python’s difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1061)
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2018-1003.
#
include("compat.inc");
if (description)
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script_version("1.4");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/08/31 12:25:01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1060", "CVE-2018-1061");
script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2018-1003");
script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : python34 / python35,python36,python27 (ALAS-2018-1003)");
script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");
script_set_attribute(
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value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
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script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"DOS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method
in pop3lib
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented
in python's pop3lib's apop() method. An attacker could use this flaw
to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1060)
DOS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method
in difflib
A flaw was found in the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented
in python's difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this
flaw to cause denial of service. (CVE-2018-1061)"
);
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attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2018-1003.html"
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script_set_attribute(
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value:
"Run 'yum update python34' to update your system.
Run 'yum update python35' to update your system.
Run 'yum update python36' to update your system."
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script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-devel");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python35-debuginfo");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python35-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python35-libs");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python35-test");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/04/26");
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script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
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script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/AmazonLinux/release", "Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}
if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-debuginfo-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-devel-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-libs-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-test-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python27-tools-2.7.14-1.123.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-debuginfo-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-devel-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-libs-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-test-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python34-tools-3.4.8-1.39.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-debuginfo-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-devel-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-libs-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-test-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python35-tools-3.5.5-1.12.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-debug-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-debuginfo-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-devel-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-libs-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-test-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"python36-tools-3.6.5-1.9.amzn1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "python27 / python27-debuginfo / python27-devel / python27-libs / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
amazon | linux | python27 | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27 |
amazon | linux | python27-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | python27-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-devel |
amazon | linux | python27-libs | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-libs |
amazon | linux | python27-test | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-test |
amazon | linux | python27-tools | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python27-tools |
amazon | linux | python34 | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34 |
amazon | linux | python34-debuginfo | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-debuginfo |
amazon | linux | python34-devel | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-devel |
amazon | linux | python34-libs | p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python34-libs |