Access Restriction Bypass Affecting python-gdbm package, versions <2.7.17-7.32.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-PYTHONGDBM-2722197
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jan 2020

Introduced: 24 Jan 2020

CVE-2011-4944  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 python-gdbm to version 2.7.17-7.32.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-gdbm package and not the python-gdbm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

CVSS Scores

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