Red Hat update for rh-python36-python

Published: 2019-11-06 | Updated: 2019-11-14

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	9
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-9740 CVE-2019-9947 CVE-2019-16056 CVE-2019-5010 CVE-2018-20852 CVE-2018-1061 CVE-2018-14647 CVE-2018-20406 CVE-2018-1060
CWE-ID	CWE-93 CWE-20 CWE-476 CWE-200 CWE-611 CWE-190
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #2 is available. Public exploit code for vulnerability #4 is available.
Vulnerable software	Red Hat Software Collections Universal components / Libraries / Software for developers
Vendor	Red Hat Inc.

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 9 vulnerabilities.

1) CRLF injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU18829

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9740

CWE-ID: CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CRLF injection attacks.

The vulnerability exists within urllib2 implementation for Python 2.x and urllib3 implementation for Python 3.x when processing the path component of a URL after the "?" character within the urllib.request.urlopen() call. A remote attacker with ability to control URL, passed to the application, can use CRLF sequences to split the HTTP request and inject arbitrary HTTP headers into request, made by the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

2) CRLF injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU18828

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9947

CWE-ID: CWE-93 - Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform CRLF injection attacks.

The vulnerability exists within urllib2 implementation for Python 2.x and urllib3 implementation for Python 3.x when processing the path component of a URL that lacks the "?" character within the urllib.request.urlopen() call. A remote attacker with ability to control URL, passed to the application, can use CRLF sequences to split the HTTP request and inject arbitrary HTTP headers into request, made by the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

3) Input validation error

EUVDB-ID: #VU22617

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16056

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input when processing multiple occurrences of the "@" character in an email address. An application that uses the email module and implements some kind of checks on the From/To headers of a message could be tricked into accepting an email address that should be denied.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

4) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU17805

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5010

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the X509 certificate parser of the affected software improperly handles X509 certificates with a certificate extension that uses a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) distribution point with empty distributionPoint and cRLIssuer fields. A remote attacker can send a request to initiate a Transport Layer Security (TLS) connection using an X509 certificate that submits malicious input, trigger a NULL pointer dereference condition that causes the application to crash, resulting in a DoS condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.

5) Information disclosure

EUVDB-ID: #VU19256

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20852

CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Information exposure

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the "http.cookiejar.DefaultPolicy.domain_return_ok" in the "Lib/http/cookiejar.py" file returns incorrect results during cookie domain checks. A remote attacker can trick a victim to execute a program that uses the "http.cookiejar.DefaultPolicy" to make an HTTP connection to an attacker-controlled server with a hostname that has another valid hostname as a suffix.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system, such as existing cookies.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

6) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU12282

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1061

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on he target system.

The weakness exists due to the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in python's difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method difflib. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

7) XXE attack

EUVDB-ID: #VU15760

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14647

CWE-ID: CWE-611 - Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can trick the victim into open an XML file that submits malicious input, trigger pathological hash collisions in Expat's internal data structures, consume large amounts CPU and RAM, and cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

8) Integer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU18403

Risk: Low

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20406

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in modules/_pickle.c when processing a large LONG_BINPUT value during the "resize to twice the size" attempt. A remote attacker can supply overly large data, trigger integer overflow and exhaust all resources on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

9) Improper input validation

EUVDB-ID: #VU12283

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1060

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on he target system.

The weakness exists due to the way catastrophic backtracking was implemented in apop() method in pop3lib. A remote attacker can cause the service to crash.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Red Hat Software Collections: 1 for RHEL 6 - 1 for RHEL 7.7

CPE2.3

External links

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3725

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.