Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53417
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 159-1 (python)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory DSA 159-1.;; This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-159)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53730).
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update to python announced via advisory DSA 159-1. This VT has been deprecated and merged into the VT 'Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-159)' (OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53730). Vulnerability Insight: 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. Solution: We recommend that you upgrade your Python packages immediately. CVSS Score: 4.6 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-1119 BugTraq ID: 5581 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5581 Bugtraq: 20030123 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.006] OpenPKG Security Advisory (python) (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104333092200589&w=2 Caldera Security Advisory: CSSA-2002-045.0 ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-045.0.txt Conectiva Linux advisory: CLA-2002:527 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000527 Debian Security Information: DSA-159 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-159 http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-082.php http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-August/027229.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-202.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-048.html http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10009.php
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