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CVE-2019-9948

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Date: March 23, 2019

urllib in Python 2.x through 2.7.16 supports the local_file: scheme, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass protection mechanisms that blacklist file: URIs, as demonstrated by triggering a urllib.urlopen('local_file:///etc/passwd') call.

Language: Python

Severity Score

9.1

Related Resources (31)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9948

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3335

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00050.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HQEQLXLOCR3SNM3AA5RRYJFQ5AZBYJ4L/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00022.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRYFIMISZ47NTAU3XWZUOFB7CYL62KES/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9948

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154927/Slackware-Security-Advisory-python-Updates.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-1/

Url: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190404-0004/

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-9948

Url: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/11842

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HQEQLXLOCR3SNM3AA5RRYJFQ5AZBYJ4L/

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107549

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1700

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00011.html

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KRYFIMISZ47NTAU3XWZUOFB7CYL62KES/

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3520

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9948

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00011.html

Url: https://usn.ubuntu.com/4127-2/

Url: https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/29

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2030

Url: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1b103833cb5bc8466e24ff0ecc5e75b45a705334ab6a444e64e840a0@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00034.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-26

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-9948

Url: https://bugs.python.org/issue35907

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00092.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2019-9948

Severity Score

9.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CWE-22

Security Features

CWE-254

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	9.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	6.4
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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CVE-2019-9948

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Date: March 23, 2019

Language: Python

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Related Resources (31)

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Weakness Type (CWE)

CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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