Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54660
Category:	Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:	Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200409-03 (Python)
Summary:	The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200409-03.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200409-03. Vulnerability Insight: Python 2.2 has a vulnerability in DNS handling when IPV6 is disabled and a malformed IPV6 address is encountered by getaddrinfo(). Solution: All Python 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2' # emerge '>=dev-lang/python-2.2.2' CVSS Score: 7.5 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0150 BugTraq ID: 9836 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9836 Debian Security Information: DSA-458 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-458 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-03.xml http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:019 http://www.osvdb.org/4172 XForce ISS Database: python-getaddrinfo-bo(15409) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15409
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