7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.128 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.5%
The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the register_instance() method to register an object, but do not have a dispatch() method, allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the im* and func_* attributes.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Ubuntu Security Notice USN-73-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Canonical, Inc. See
# <http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/>. Ubuntu(R) is a registered
# trademark of Canonical, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(20694);
script_version("1.15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/19");
script_cve_id("CVE-2005-0089");
script_xref(name:"USN", value:"73-1");
script_name(english:"Ubuntu 4.10 : python2.2, python2.3 vulnerability (USN-73-1)");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for updated packages.");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:
"The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"The Python developers discovered a flaw in the SimpleXMLRPCServer
module. Python XML-RPC servers that used the register_instance()
method to register an object, but do not have a _dispatch() method,
allowed remote users to access or change function internals using the
im_* and func_* attributes.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-examples");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-gdbm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-mpz");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-tk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-xmlbase");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-dev");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-doc");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-examples");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-gdbm");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-mpz");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.3-tk");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:4.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2005/02/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/01/15");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"Ubuntu Security Notice (C) 2005-2019 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2006-2016 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
script_family(english:"Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/Ubuntu", "Host/Ubuntu/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("ubuntu.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled") ) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/Ubuntu/release");
if ( isnull(release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu");
release = chomp(release);
if (! ereg(pattern:"^(4\.10)$", string:release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Ubuntu 4.10", "Ubuntu " + release);
if ( ! get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l") ) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Ubuntu", cpu);
flag = 0;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"idle-python2.2", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"idle-python2.3", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-dev", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-doc", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-examples", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-gdbm", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-mpz", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-tk", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.2-xmlbase", pkgver:"2.2.3-10ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-dev", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-doc", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-examples", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-gdbm", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-mpz", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (ubuntu_check(osver:"4.10", pkgname:"python2.3-tk", pkgver:"2.3.4-2ubuntu0.1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : ubuntu_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
tested = ubuntu_pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "idle-python2.2 / idle-python2.3 / python2.2 / python2.2-dev / etc");
}
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
canonical | ubuntu_linux | idle-python2.2 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.2 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | idle-python2.3 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:idle-python2.3 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2 | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2 |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-dev | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-dev |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-doc | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-doc |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-examples | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-examples |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-gdbm | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-gdbm |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-mpz | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-mpz |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-tk | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-tk |
canonical | ubuntu_linux | python2.2-xmlbase | p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python2.2-xmlbase |