Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-440)
🗓️ 08 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugs | www.bugs.python.org/issue21766 |
| alas | www.alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-440.html |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120425");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-4650", "CVE-2014-7185");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:26:04 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2025-01-23T05:37:38+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-01-23 05:37:38 +0000 (Thu, 23 Jan 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-02-26 13:49:00 +0000 (Wed, 26 Feb 2020)");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2014-440)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2014-440");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-440.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.python.org/issue21766");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'python27' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2014-440 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Python built-in module CGIHTTPServer does not properly handle URL-encoded path separators in URLs which may enable attackers to disclose a CGI script's source code or execute arbitrary scripts in the server's document root. (CVE-2014-4650)
Integer overflow in bufferobject.c in Python before 2.7.8 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a large size and offset in a 'buffer' function. (CVE-2014-7185)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'python27' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27", rpm:"python27~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27-debuginfo", rpm:"python27-debuginfo~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27-devel", rpm:"python27-devel~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27-libs", rpm:"python27-libs~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27-test", rpm:"python27-test~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python27-tools", rpm:"python27-tools~2.7.8~6.74.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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8.3High risk
Vulners AI Score8.3
CVSS 27.5
CVSS 3.19.8
EPSS0.247