vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-9948: Path Traversal
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Mar 23, 2019 | Nov 8, 2019 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Mar 23, 2019
Added
Nov 8, 2019
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
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.
Solutions
alpine-linux-upgrade-python2alpine-linux-upgrade-python2-tkinter
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