Uncontrolled Search Path Element The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python3.8 (opens in a new tab)
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- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed4 Jul 2020
Introduced: 4 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-15523 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.8 package and not the python3.8 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
In Python 3.6 through 3.6.10, 3.7 through 3.7.8, 3.8 through 3.8.4rc1, and 3.9 through 3.9.0b4 on Windows, a Trojan horse python3.dll might be used in cases where CPython is embedded in a native application. This occurs because python3X.dll may use an invalid search path for python3.dll loading (after Py_SetPath has been used). NOTE: this issue CANNOT occur when using python.exe from a standard (non-embedded) Python installation on Windows.