Directory Traversal Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-41.0.1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PLATFORMPYTHON-2597595
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 May 2021

Introduced: 20 May 2021

CVE-2021-3426  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-41.0.1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-4399.

NVD Description

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

There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.

References

CVSS Scores

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