Improper Input Validation Affecting python2-pexpect package, versions <0:4.6-1.el7at


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
35.83% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHON2PEXPECT-5391318
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed18 May 2020

Introduced: 18 May 2020

CVE-2020-8165  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python2-pexpect to version 0:4.6-1.el7at or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1313.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python2-pexpect package and not the python2-pexpect package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnernerability exists in rails < 5.2.4.3, rails < 6.0.3.1 that can allow an attacker to unmarshal user-provided objects in MemCacheStore and RedisCacheStore potentially resulting in an RCE.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1