Python 2.7 < 3.4 DoS Vulnerability (bpo-14621) - Linux

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:python:python";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112995");
  script_version("2023-07-05T05:06:18+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-05 05:06:18 +0000 (Wed, 05 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-11-02 10:32:11 +0000 (Tue, 02 Nov 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-7040");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Python 2.7 < 3.4 DoS Vulnerability (bpo-14621) - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Python only uses the last eight bits of the prefix to randomize
  hash values, which causes it to compute hash values without restricting the ability to trigger
  hash collisions predictably and makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to cause a denial
  of service (CPU consumption) via crafted input to an application that maintains a hash table.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python 2.7 before 3.4.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for
  more information.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://python-security.readthedocs.io/vuln/hash-function-not-randomized-properly.html");
  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"bpo-14621");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( isnull( port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE, version_regex:"^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+" ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"2.7", test_version2:"3.3.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.4", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );