SB2022040833 - SUSE update for python 

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SB2022040833 - SUSE update for python

Published: April 8, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022040833
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-4189)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client library when using it in PASV (passive) mode. A remote attacker can set up a malicious FTP server, trick the FTP client in Python into connecting back to a given IP address and port, which can lead to FTP client scanning ports which otherwise would not have been possible.


2) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0391)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary data in server response.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data within the urllib.parse module in Python. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and modify application behavior.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References