CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
85.0%
The remote host is missing an update for the
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64488");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4864", "CVE-2008-5031");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-07-29 17:28:37 +0000 (Wed, 29 Jul 2009)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
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("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-806-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(6\.06\ LTS|8\.04\ LTS|8\.10)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-806-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-806-1");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'python2.4, python2.5' package(s) announced via the USN-806-1 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 incorrectly handled certain arguments in the
imageop module. If an attacker were able to pass specially crafted
arguments through the crop function, they could execute arbitrary code with
user privileges. For Python 2.5, this issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS.
(CVE-2008-4864)
Multiple integer overflows were discovered in Python's stringobject and
unicodeobject expandtabs method. If an attacker were able to exploit these
flaws they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges or cause
Python applications to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2008-5031)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'python2.4, python2.5' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10.");
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-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "UBUNTU6.06 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4", ver:"2.4.3-0ubuntu6.3", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4-minimal", ver:"2.4.3-0ubuntu6.3", rls:"UBUNTU6.06 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.04 LTS") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4", ver:"2.4.5-1ubuntu4.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4-minimal", ver:"2.4.5-1ubuntu4.2", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.5", ver:"2.5.2-2ubuntu6", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.5-minimal", ver:"2.5.2-2ubuntu6", rls:"UBUNTU8.04 LTS"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU8.10") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4", ver:"2.4.5-5ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"python2.4-minimal", ver:"2.4.5-5ubuntu1.1", rls:"UBUNTU8.10"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);