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Improper Input Validation Affecting platform-python-devel package, versions <0:3.6.8-47.el8_6

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-PLATFORMPYTHONDEVEL-4311187
  • published 18 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 2 Aug 2015
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Introduced: 2 Aug 2015

CVE-2015-20107 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-77 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 platform-python-devel to version 0:3.6.8-47.el8_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:6457.

NVD Description

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

In Python (aka CPython) up to 3.10.8, the mailcap module does not add escape characters into commands discovered in the system mailcap file. This may allow attackers to inject shell commands into applications that call mailcap.findmatch with untrusted input (if they lack validation of user-provided filenames or arguments). The fix is also back-ported to 3.7, 3.8, 3.9

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

7.6 high
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SUSE

7.1 high