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Python End of Life (EOL) Detection - Linux

🗓️ 08 Feb 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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Python End of Life (EOL) Detection - Linu

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.117199");
  script_version("2025-04-15T05:54:49+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-04-15 05:54:49 +0000 (Tue, 15 Apr 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-02-08 14:30:25 +0000 (Mon, 08 Feb 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"10.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_name("Python End of Life (EOL) Detection - Linux");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Python#Table_of_versions");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The Python version on the remote host has reached the end of
  life (EOL) and should not be used anymore.");

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

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An EOL version of Python is not receiving any security updates
  from the vendor. Unfixed security vulnerabilities might be leveraged by an attacker to compromise
  the security of this host.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the Python version on the remote host to a still
  supported version.");

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

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("date_func.inc");
include("eol_product.inc");
include("eol_shared.inc");
include("list_array_func.inc");

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

# nb: No need for a version_regex as we only need versions like e.g. 2.7 or 3.9
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, port:port, exit_no_version:TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

ver = infos["version"];

if( ret = product_reached_eol( cpe:CPE, version:ver ) ) {
  report = eol_build_message( name:"Python",
                              cpe:CPE,
                              version:ver,
                              location:infos["location"],
                              eol_version:ret["eol_version"],
                              eol_date:ret["eol_date"],
                              eol_type:"prod" );

  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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