Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting python3.9 package, versions <0:3.9.14-1.el9_1.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ROCKY9-PYTHON39-3310967
  • published 31 Jan 2023
  • disclosed 13 Apr 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:9 python3.9 to version 0:3.9.14-1.el9_1.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2022:8353.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.9 package and not the python3.9 package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:9 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

version 3.1
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NVD

7.6 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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SUSE

7.1 high
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Red Hat

7.6 high