6.7 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.2%
The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory DSA 159-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53417");
script_version("2023-06-29T08:15:14+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-06-29 08:15:14 +0000 (Thu, 29 Jun 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-01-17 22:24:46 +0100 (Thu, 17 Jan 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2002-1119");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Debian Security Advisory DSA 159-1 (python)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20159-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5581");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Zack Weinberg discovered an insecure use of a temporary file in
os._execvpe from os.py. It uses a predictable name which could lead
execution of arbitrary code.
This problem has been fixed in several versions of Python: For the
current stable distribution (woody) it has been fixed in version
1.5.2-23.1 of Python 1.5, in version 2.1.3-3.1 of Python 2.1 and in
version 2.2.1-4.1 of Python 2.2. For the old stable distribution
(potato) this has been fixed in version 1.5.2-10potato12 for Python
1.5. For the unstable distribution (sid) this has been fixed in
version 1.5.2-24 of Python 1.5, in version 2.1.3-6a of Python 2.1 and
in version 2.2.1-8 of Python 2.2. Python 2.3 is not affected by this
problem.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"We recommend that you upgrade your Python packages immediately.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory DSA 159-1.
This VT has been merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-159)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53730).");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"deprecated", value:TRUE);
exit(0);
}
exit(66);