Python < 2.7.17, 3.5.x < 3.5.8, 3.6.x < 3.6.10, 3.7.x < 3.7.5 XSS Vulnerability (bpo-38243) - Linux

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118199");
  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:"2021-09-12 10:50:32 +0200 (Sun, 12 Sep 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:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-04-17 22:15:00 +0000 (Sat, 17 Apr 2021)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-16935");

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

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

  script_name("Python < 2.7.17, 3.5.x < 3.5.8, 3.6.x < 3.6.10, 3.7.x < 3.7.5 XSS Vulnerability (bpo-38243) - Linux");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  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 reflected cross-site scripting (XSS)
  vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The documentation XML-RPC server has XSS via the 'server_title'
  field. This occurs in 'Lib/DocXMLRPCServer.py' in Python 2.x, and in 'Lib/xmlrpc/server.py' in
  Python 3.x. If 'set_server_title' is called with untrusted input, arbitrary JavaScript can be
  delivered to clients that visit the http URL for this server.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python prior to version 2.7.17, versions 3.x prior to 3.5.8,
  3.6.x prior to 3.6.10 and 3.7.x prior to 3.7.5.");

  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/docxmlrpcserver-xss.html");
  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"bpo-38243");

  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_is_less( version:version, test_version:"2.7.17" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"2.7.17", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.5.7" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.5.8", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.6.0", test_version2:"3.6.9" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.10", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.7.0", test_version2:"3.7.4" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.7.5", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:port, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );