CVE-2019-16056 Affecting python-gdbm package, versions <2.7.14-7.24.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.49% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-PYTHONGDBM-2728407
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed22 Oct 2019

Introduced: 22 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-16056  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 python-gdbm to version 2.7.14-7.24.1 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.

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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