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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-29921: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
May 6, 2021
Added
Aug 22, 2024
Modified
Jun 18, 2026

Description

In Python before 3,9,5, the ipaddress library mishandles leading zero characters in the octets of an IP address string. This (in some situations) allows attackers to bypass access control that is based on IP addresses.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-python3
Title
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