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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2019-9948: python security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2019-9948: python security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/23/2019
Created
09/13/2019
Added
09/12/2019
Modified
11/19/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-python
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-python-devel
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-python-libs
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-tkinter

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