Directory Traversal Affecting python39-devel package, versions <3.9.16-150300.4.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
27.1% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES153-PYTHON39DEVEL-6369053
  • published3 Mar 2024
  • disclosed26 Jun 2023

Introduced: 26 Jun 2023

CVE-2007-4559  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.3 python39-devel to version 3.9.16-150300.4.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python39-devel package and not the python39-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.3 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1