Directory Traversal Affecting babel package, versions <0:2.5.1-9.module+el8.1.0+3111+de3f2d8e


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.88% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-BABEL-2079084
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Apr 2019

Introduced: 16 Apr 2019

CVE-2019-20916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 babel to version 0:2.5.1-9.module+el8.1.0+3111+de3f2d8e or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream babel package and not the babel package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py.

CVSS Scores

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