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CVE-2021-3426 Detail

Description

There's a flaw in Python 3's pydoc. A local or adjacent attacker who discovers or is able to convince another local or adjacent user to start a pydoc server could access the server and use it to disclose sensitive information belonging to the other user that they would not normally be able to access. The highest risk of this flaw is to data confidentiality. This flaw affects Python versions before 3.8.9, Python versions before 3.9.3 and Python versions before 3.10.0a7.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1935913 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/04/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/25HVHLBGO2KNPXJ3G426QEYSSCECJDU5/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BF2K7HEWADHN6P52R3QLIOX27U3DJ4HI/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQYPUKLLBOZMKFPO7RD7CENTXHUUEUV7/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LM5V4VPLBHBEASSAROYPSHXGXGGPHNOE/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6VXJZSZ6N64AILJX4CTMACYGQGHHD5C/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNGAFMPIYIVJ47FCF2NK2PIX22HUG35B/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VPX7Y5GQDNB4FJTREWONGC4ZSVH7TGHF/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202104-04 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210629-0003/ Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-3426
NVD Published Date:
05/20/2021
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.