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Directory Traversal Affecting python3.11 package, versions <0:3.11.5-1.el9_3

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    9.34% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-PYTHON311-6060660
  • published 15 Nov 2023
  • disclosed 7 Nov 2023
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Introduced: 7 Nov 2023

CVE-2007-4559 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-22 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 python3.11 to version 0:3.11.5-1.el9_3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2023:6494.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.11 package and not the python3.11 package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Required
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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SUSE

5.4 medium
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Red Hat

5.5 medium