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SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1)

🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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# 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

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2018.2408.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5636", "CVE-2018-1060", "CVE-2018-1061");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:57:38 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  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:"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:"2016-09-02 19:39:54 +0000 (Fri, 02 Sep 2016)");

  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES11\.0SP3|SLES11\.0SP4)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182408-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1086001");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088004");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1088009");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/985177");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-August/004463.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'python' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2018:2408-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for python-base fixes the following issues:

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2018-1061: Fixed DoS via regular expression backtracking in difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method in difflib (bsc#1088004).
- CVE-2018-1060: Fixed DoS via regular expression catastrophic backtracking in apop() method in pop3lib (bsc#1088009).
- CVE-2016-5636: Fixed heap overflow in zipimporter module (bsc#985177)

Bug fixes:

- bsc#1086001: python tarfile uses random order.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'python' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");

  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 == "SLES11.0SP3") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpython2_6-1_0", rpm:"libpython2_6-1_0~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpython2_6-1_0-32bit", rpm:"libpython2_6-1_0-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python", rpm:"python~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-32bit", rpm:"python-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-base", rpm:"python-base~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-base-32bit", rpm:"python-base-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-curses", rpm:"python-curses~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-demo", rpm:"python-demo~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-doc", rpm:"python-doc~2.6~8.40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-doc-pdf", rpm:"python-doc-pdf~2.6~8.40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-gdbm", rpm:"python-gdbm~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-idle", rpm:"python-idle~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-tk", rpm:"python-tk~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-xml", rpm:"python-xml~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpython2_6-1_0", rpm:"libpython2_6-1_0~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpython2_6-1_0-32bit", rpm:"libpython2_6-1_0-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"libpython2_6-1_0-x86", rpm:"libpython2_6-1_0-x86~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python", rpm:"python~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-32bit", rpm:"python-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-base", rpm:"python-base~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-base-32bit", rpm:"python-base-32bit~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-base-x86", rpm:"python-base-x86~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-curses", rpm:"python-curses~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-demo", rpm:"python-demo~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-doc", rpm:"python-doc~2.6~8.40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-doc-pdf", rpm:"python-doc-pdf~2.6~8.40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-gdbm", rpm:"python-gdbm~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-idle", rpm:"python-idle~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-tk", rpm:"python-tk~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-x86", rpm:"python-x86~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"python-xml", rpm:"python-xml~2.6.9~40.15.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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