FreeBSD : Python -- Regular Expression DoS attack against client (a27b0bb6-84fc-11ea-b5b4-641c67a117d8)

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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(135944);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/14");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8492");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : Python -- Regular Expression DoS attack against client (a27b0bb6-84fc-11ea-b5b4-641c67a117d8)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Ben Caller and Matt Schwager reports :

Python 2.7 through 2.7.17, 3.5 through 3.5.9, 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7
through 3.7.6, and 3.8 through 3.8.1 allows an HTTP server to conduct
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks against a client
because of urllib.request.AbstractBasicAuthHandler catastrophic
backtracking.");
  # https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/urllib-basic-auth-regex.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5a737804");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.python.org/issue39503");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=245819");
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/a27b0bb6-84fc-11ea-b5b4-641c67a117d8.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d35741e0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2020-8492");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/04/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/04/24");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python35");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python36");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python37");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:python38");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python38<3.8.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python37<=3.7.7")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python36<3.6.10")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python35<=3.5.9_4")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"python27<2.7.18")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");