Access Restriction Bypass Affecting python3-tk package, versions <3.6.10-3.42.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PYTHON3TK-2718911
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed16 Jan 2020

Introduced: 16 Jan 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 python3-tk to version 3.6.10-3.42.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-tk package and not the python3-tk package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 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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