Directory Traversal Affecting python2-docutils package, versions <0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+7833+4aaf98ce


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE8-PYTHON2DOCUTILS-2570588
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 python2-docutils to version 0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+7833+4aaf98ce or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2020-4654.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-docutils package and not the python2-docutils package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle: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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