SB2022062929 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 update for python
Published: June 29, 2022
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26116)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary data in server response.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data in "http.client". A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and modify application behavior.
2) CRLF injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-26137)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to inject arbitrary data in server response.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of attacker-supplied data passed via the "method" parameter. A remote authenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application containing CR-LF characters and modify application behavior.
3) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3177)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary within the PyCArg_repr in _ctypes/callproc.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the Python applications that accept floating-point numbers as untrusted input, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.