Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2021-23336 |
CWE-ID | CWE-20 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Operating systems & Components / Operating system python36-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python36-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python36-base-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python36-base Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python36 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component libpython3_6m1_0 Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU50814
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23336
CWE-ID:
CWE-20 - Improper input validation
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform web cache spoofing attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in django.utils.http.limited_parse_qsl() when parsing strings with a semicolon (";"). A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a spoofing attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package python36 to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP5
python36-debugsource: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
python36-debuginfo: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
python36-base-debuginfo: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
python36-base: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
python36: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
libpython3_6m1_0-debuginfo: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
libpython3_6m1_0: before 3.6.13-4.36.1
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20210887-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.