Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting python-docutils package, versions <0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONDOCUTILS-3253640
  • published31 Jan 2023
  • disclosed13 Apr 2022

Introduced: 13 Apr 2022

CVE-2015-20107  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python-docutils to version 0:0.14-12.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:7593.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-docutils package and not the python-docutils package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux: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

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