vulnerability
FreeBSD: VID-f671c282-95ef-11eb-9c34-080027f515ea (CVE-2021-3426): python -- Information disclosure via pydoc -p: /getfile?key=path allows to read arbitrary file on the filesystem
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N) | Apr 10, 2021 | Nov 4, 2022 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 10, 2021
Added
Nov 4, 2022
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
David Schwörer reports: Remove the getfile feature of the pydoc module which could be abused to read arbitrary files on the disk (directory traversal vulnerability). Moreover, even source code of Python modules can contain sensitive data like passwords.
Solutions
freebsd-upgrade-package-python38freebsd-upgrade-package-python39
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