Directory Traversal Affecting python-websocket-client package, versions <0:0.14.1-97.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONWEBSOCKETCLIENT-4987437
  • published27 Mar 2023
  • disclosed7 May 2015

Introduced: 7 May 2015

CVE-2015-3629  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-websocket-client to version 0:0.14.1-97.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHBA-2015:1167.

NVD Description

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

Libcontainer 1.6.0, as used in Docker Engine, allows local users to escape containerization ("mount namespace breakout") and write to arbitrary file on the host system via a symlink attack in an image when respawning a container.

CVSS Scores

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