9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.028 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.5%
CPython is prone to a man in middle attack and an arbitrary
code execution vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.809217");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5636", "CVE-2016-0772");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/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:"2019-02-09 11:29:00 +0000 (Sat, 09 Feb 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-12 14:47:20 +0530 (Mon, 12 Sep 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_name("CPython Man in Middle Attack and Code Execution Vulnerabilities - Linux");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"CPython is prone to a man in middle attack and an arbitrary
code execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to the smtplib library in CPython
does not return an error when StartTLS fails and integer overflow error in the 'get_data'
function in 'zipimport.c' script.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow man-in-the-middle attackers
to bypass the TLS protections and remote attackers to cause buffer overflow.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"CPython before 2.7.12, 3.x before 3.4.5, and 3.5.x
before 3.5.2.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version CPython 2.7.12, 3.4.5, 3.5.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d590114c2394");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91247");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91225");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.python.org/issue26171");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_python_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("python/detected", "Host/runs_unixoide");
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);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:vers, test_version:"2.7.12")) {
fix = "2.7.12";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(vers =~ "^3\.[0-4]") {
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"3.0", test_version2:"3.4.4")) {
fix = "3.4.5";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
else if(vers =~ "^3\.5") {
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"3.5.0", test_version2:"3.5.1")) {
fix = "3.5.2";
VULN = TRUE;
}
}
if(VULN) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
security_message(data:report, port:port);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.6 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
10 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.028 Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.5%