Directory Traversal Affecting python310-idle package, versions <3.10.11-150400.4.25.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.5% (94th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-PYTHON310IDLE-5673387
  • published9 Jun 2023
  • disclosed8 Jun 2023

Introduced: 8 Jun 2023

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 python310-idle to version 3.10.11-150400.4.25.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python310-idle package and not the python310-idle package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 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 Scores

version 3.1