Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-03-23 CWE: CWE-358 Bugzilla: 1695570: CVE-2019-9948 python-urllib3: python urllib security bypass 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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2019-9948 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14.0 (Rocky) | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13.0 (Queens) | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | python-urllib3 | Under investigation |
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