Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness Affecting python27:2.7/python2-pip-wheel package, versions <0:9.0.3-19.module+el8.6.0+13001+ad200bd9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON27-6046227
  • published31 Aug 2023
  • disclosed25 Aug 2023

Introduced: 25 Aug 2023

CVE-2023-40217  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-305  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python27:2.7/python2-pip-wheel to version 0:9.0.3-19.module+el8.6.0+13001+ad200bd9 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:5993.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python27:2.7/python2-pip-wheel package and not the python27:2.7/python2-pip-wheel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Python before 3.8.18, 3.9.x before 3.9.18, 3.10.x before 3.10.13, and 3.11.x before 3.11.5. It primarily affects servers (such as HTTP servers) that use TLS client authentication. If a TLS server-side socket is created, receives data into the socket buffer, and then is closed quickly, there is a brief window where the SSLSocket instance will detect the socket as "not connected" and won't initiate a handshake, but buffered data will still be readable from the socket buffer. This data will not be authenticated if the server-side TLS peer is expecting client certificate authentication, and is indistinguishable from valid TLS stream data. Data is limited in size to the amount that will fit in the buffer. (The TLS connection cannot directly be used for data exfiltration because the vulnerable code path requires that the connection be closed on initialization of the SSLSocket.)

CVSS Scores

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