DSA-4775-1 python-flask-cors -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4775-1 python-flask-cors -- security update

Date Reported:

19 Oct 2020

Affected Packages:

python-flask-cors

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 969362.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-25032.

More information:

A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in python-flask-cors, a Flask extension for handling Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS), allowing to access private resources.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.7-1+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-flask-cors packages.

For the detailed security status of python-flask-cors please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-flask-cors