CVE-2019-16056 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
0.44% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONDOCUTILS-3300417
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed6 Sept 2019

Introduced: 6 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-16056  (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-2020:1605.

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.

An issue was discovered in Python through 2.7.16, 3.x through 3.5.7, 3.6.x through 3.6.9, and 3.7.x through 3.7.4. The email module wrongly parses email addresses that contain multiple @ characters. An application that uses the email module and implements some kind of checks on the From/To headers of a message could be tricked into accepting an email address that should be denied. An attack may be the same as in CVE-2019-11340; however, this CVE applies to Python more generally.

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CVSS Scores

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