Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 Python resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Python. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-0845. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.8 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Python. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header.

The weakness was disclosed 10/22/2013 as APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3 as confirmed mailinglist post (Apple Security Mailinglist). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. The mailinglist post contains:

Multiple vulnerabilities existed in python 2.6.7, the most serious of which may lead to decryption of the content of a SSL connection. This update addresses the issues by updating python to version 2.6.8 and applying the patch for CVE-2011-4944 from the Python project. Further information is available via the python site at http://www.python.org/download/releases/
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0845 since 01/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69687 (Amazon Linux AMI : python26 (ALAS-2012-80)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350649 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for python26: ALAS-2012-098).

Upgrading to version 10.9 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73180), Tenable (69687), SecurityFocus (BID 51996†), Secunia (SA51089†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026689†). The entries VDB-4807, VDB-5572, VDB-10946 and VDB-10932 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 69687
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : python26 (ALAS-2012-80)
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OpenVAS ID: 71172
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: python32
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.9

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01/19/2012 🔍
02/14/2012 +26 days 🔍
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02/15/2012 +1 days 🔍
03/12/2012 +26 days 🔍
10/05/2012 +207 days 🔍
09/04/2013 +334 days 🔍
10/22/2013 +48 days 🔍
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10/23/2013 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: APPLE-SA-2013-10-22-3
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0845 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0845
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10937

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X-Force: 73180
SecurityFocus: 51996 - Python SimpleXMLRPCServer Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 51089 - Ubuntu update for python3.2, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1026689 - Python Simple XML-RPC Server Module Lets Remote Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 34602 - Python 2.7.2 and 3.2.2 SimpleXMLRPCServer Post Method Remote DoS Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 10/23/2013 17:41
Updated: 06/01/2021 08:11
Changes: 10/23/2013 17:41 (79), 04/10/2017 11:36 (8), 06/01/2021 08:11 (3)
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