Improper Input Validation Affecting python3-idle package, versions <0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3IDLE-6198569
  • published26 Jan 2024
  • disclosed19 Apr 2023

Introduced: 19 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-27043  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 python3-idle to version 0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2024:0430.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-idle package and not the python3-idle package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The email module of Python through 3.11.3 incorrectly parses e-mail addresses that contain a special character. The wrong portion of an RFC2822 header is identified as the value of the addr-spec. In some applications, an attacker can bypass a protection mechanism in which application access is granted only after verifying receipt of e-mail to a specific domain (e.g., only @company.example.com addresses may be used for signup). This occurs in email/_parseaddr.py in recent versions of Python.

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CVSS Scores

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