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Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting python3-idle package, versions <0:3.9.14-1.el9

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALMALINUX9-PYTHON3IDLE-5642427
  • published 28 May 2023
  • disclosed 15 Nov 2022
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Introduced: 15 Nov 2022

CVE-2015-20107 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-77 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:9 python3-idle to version 0:3.9.14-1.el9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2022:8353.

NVD Description

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

In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if they lack validation of user-provided filenames or arguments). The fix is also back-ported to 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

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CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.1 high
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Red Hat

7.6 high