CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%
Python is prone to a protection bypass vulnerability.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.118205");
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:"6.4");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2022-06-30 17:14:00 +0000 (Thu, 30 Jun 2022)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2019-9948");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Python 2.x < 2.7.17, 3.5.x < 3.5.8, 3.6.x < 3.6.9, 3.7.x < 3.7.4 Protection Bypass Vulnerability (bpo-35907) - 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_tag(name:"summary", value:"Python is prone to a protection bypass vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"urllib supports the 'local_file:' scheme, which makes it easier
for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist 'file:' URIs, as demonstrated
by triggering a 'urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd')' call.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Python 2.x prior to version 2.7.17, versions 3.5.x prior to 3.5.8,
3.6.x prior to 3.6.9 and 3.7.x prior to 3.7.4.");
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/urllib-local-file-scheme.html");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"bpo-35907");
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:"2.0", test_version2:"2.7.16" ) ) {
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:"3.5.0", 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:"3.6.8" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.9", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.7.0", test_version2:"3.7.3" ) ) {
report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.7.4", install_path:location );
security_message( port:port, data:report );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
72.8%