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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1)

2023-10-2700:00:00
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xml external entity
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compare_digest
cve-2022-48566
email module
cve-2023-27043
nessus scanner

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1 advisory.

  • An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities. (CVE-2022-48565)

  • An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest. (CVE-2022-48566)

  • The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses may be used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python. (CVE-2023-27043)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(183944);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/10/27");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2022-48565", "CVE-2022-48566", "CVE-2023-27043");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0442");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python (SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4220-1 advisory.

  - An XML External Entity (XXE) issue was discovered in Python through 3.9.1. The plistlib module no longer
    accepts entity declarations in XML plist files to avoid XML vulnerabilities. (CVE-2022-48565)

  - An issue was discovered in compare_digest in Lib/hmac.py in Python through 3.9.1. Constant-time-defeating
    optimisations were possible in the accumulator variable in hmac.compare_digest. (CVE-2022-48566)

  - The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special
    character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some
    applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only
    after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses may be
    used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python. (CVE-2023-27043)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1210638");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214685");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214691");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2023-October/016861.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a4597e05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48565");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48566");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-27043");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2022-48565");

  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:"2023/04/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/10/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/10/27");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

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

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES|SUSE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE / openSUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+|SUSE([\d.]+))", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE / openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES15|SUSE15\.4|SUSE15\.5)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15', 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-base-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Proxy-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-base-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-curses-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-devel-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-gdbm-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'python-xml-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SUSE-Manager-Server-release-4.2']},
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-base-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-base-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-curses-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-demo-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-devel-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-doc-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-doc-pdf-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-gdbm-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-idle-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-tk-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'python-xml-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'libpython2_7-1_0-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-base-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-base-32bit-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-curses-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-demo-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-devel-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-doc-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-doc-pdf-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-gdbm-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-idle-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-tk-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
    {'reference':'python-xml-2.7.18-150000.57.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']}
];

var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var exists_check = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (exists_check) {
      var check_flag = 0;
      foreach var check (exists_check) {
        if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
        check_flag++;
      }
      if (!check_flag) continue;
    }
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libpython2_7-1_0 / libpython2_7-1_0-32bit / python / python-32bit / etc');
}
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novellsuse_linuxlibpython2_7-1_0p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython2_7-1_0
novellsuse_linuxpythonp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python
novellsuse_linuxpython-basep-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-base
novellsuse_linuxpython-cursesp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-curses
novellsuse_linuxpython-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-devel
novellsuse_linuxpython-gdbmp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-gdbm
novellsuse_linuxpython-xmlp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-xml
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15