SB2021111028 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for babel
Published: November 10, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20095)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A local user can load arbitrary files on disk and execute arbitrary code.
2) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-42771)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to user compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the locale .dat files in Babel.Locale. A remote user can load a malicious .dat file containing serialized Python objects and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.