Directory Traversal Affecting python-wheel package, versions <1:0.31.1-2.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONWHEEL-3298972
  • published5 Jan 2023
  • disclosed4 Sept 2020

Introduced: 4 Sep 2020

CVE-2019-20916  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python-wheel to version 1:0.31.1-2.module+el8.3.0+120+426d8baf or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2020:4654.

NVD Description

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

The pip package before 19.2 for Python allows Directory Traversal when a URL is given in an install command, because a Content-Disposition header can have ../ in a filename, as demonstrated by overwriting the /root/.ssh/authorized_keys file. This occurs in _download_http_url in _internal/download.py.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1